Bowling Green vs Frankford

A side-by-side comparison of Bowling Green and Frankford: population, income, housing, and more.

Bowling Green and Frankford are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bowling Green has the higher population (4,130 vs 486 in Frankford). Bowling Green has the higher median household income ($51,675 vs $48,750 in Frankford). Bowling Green has the higher median home value ($116,400 vs $55,700 in Frankford).

Population, income & housing

	Bowling Green	Frankford
Population	4,130	486
Median age	37.1 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$51,675	$48,750
Median home value	$116,400	$55,700
Median gross rent	$773	—
Housing units	1,586	206
Homeownership rate	57.5%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowling Green	Frankford
Population	5,516 → 4,130 (-25.1%)	406 → 486 (+19.7%)
Median household income	$38,125 → $51,675 (+35.5%)	$35,227 → $48,750 (+38.4%)
Median home value	$86,800 → $116,400 (+34.1%)	$78,300 → $55,700 (-28.9%)
Median gross rent	$579 → $773 (+33.5%)	$450 → $620 (+37.8%)

Bowling Green

Population

5,5164,130

Median household income

$38,125$51,675

Median home value

$86,800$116,400

Median gross rent

$579$773

Frankford

Population

406486

Median household income

$35,227$48,750

Median home value

$78,300$55,700

Median gross rent

$450$620

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowling Green	Frankford
Under 5	5.9%	7.2%
5 to 17	15.2%	21.0%
18 to 24	9.5%	7.0%
25 to 34	18.5%	18.5%
35 to 44	10.5%	14.6%
45 to 54	12.4%	13.4%
55 to 64	12.4%	8.8%
65 to 74	8.9%	6.2%
75 and over	6.5%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowling Green	Frankford
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	86.8%
Black or African American	9.4%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowling Green	Frankford
No high school diploma	17.4%	10.8%
High school graduate	51.4%	62.9%
Some college or associate's	19.1%	14.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowling Green	Frankford
Drove alone	76.9%	94.6%
Carpooled	12.6%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowling Green	Frankford
1-unit, detached	64.4%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	17.0%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	2.9%
20 or more units	5.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Bowling Green	Frankford
Poverty rate	21.1%	24.6%
Average household size	2.13	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1971	1966