Bowling Green vs Louisiana

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

Bowling Green and Louisiana 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 3,231 in Louisiana). Bowling Green has the higher median household income ($51,675 vs $46,006 in Louisiana). Bowling Green has the higher median home value ($116,400 vs $81,100 in Louisiana).

Population, income & housing

	Bowling Green	Louisiana
Population	4,130	3,231
Median age	37.1 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$51,675	$46,006
Median home value	$116,400	$81,100
Median gross rent	$773	$628
Housing units	1,586	1,781
Homeownership rate	57.5%	61.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowling Green	Louisiana
Population	5,516 → 4,130 (-25.1%)	3,264 → 3,231 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$38,125 → $51,675 (+35.5%)	$38,750 → $46,006 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$86,800 → $116,400 (+34.1%)	$84,400 → $81,100 (-3.9%)
Median gross rent	$579 → $773 (+33.5%)	$694 → $628 (-9.5%)

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

Louisiana

Population

3,2643,231

Median household income

$38,750$46,006

Median home value

$84,400$81,100

Median gross rent

$694$628

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowling Green	Louisiana
Under 5	5.9%	3.4%
5 to 17	15.2%	20.0%
18 to 24	9.5%	6.5%
25 to 34	18.5%	8.4%
35 to 44	10.5%	11.4%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.0%
55 to 64	12.4%	17.6%
65 to 74	8.9%	9.7%
75 and over	6.5%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowling Green	Louisiana
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	92.2%
Black or African American	9.4%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowling Green	Louisiana
No high school diploma	17.4%	11.6%
High school graduate	51.4%	58.4%
Some college or associate's	19.1%	16.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowling Green	Louisiana
Drove alone	76.9%	86.1%
Carpooled	12.6%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.1%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowling Green	Louisiana
1-unit, detached	64.4%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.0%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	5.2%
20 or more units	5.8%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	11.0%

Poverty & households

	Bowling Green	Louisiana
Poverty rate	21.1%	27.9%
Average household size	2.13	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1971	1959