Bowling Green vs Northwood

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

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

Bowling Green has the higher population (30,051 vs 5,195 in Northwood). Northwood has the higher median household income ($76,332 vs $46,719 in Bowling Green). Bowling Green has the higher median home value ($217,300 vs $168,400 in Northwood).

Population, income & housing

	Bowling Green	Northwood
Population	30,051	5,195
Median age	23.6 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$46,719	$76,332
Median home value	$217,300	$168,400
Median gross rent	$874	$964
Housing units	12,647	2,415
Homeownership rate	36.8%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.0%	30.8%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	0.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowling Green	Northwood
Population	31,526 → 30,051 (-4.7%)	5,384 → 5,195 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$37,346 → $46,719 (+25.1%)	$62,171 → $76,332 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$168,000 → $217,300 (+29.3%)	$129,100 → $168,400 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$724 → $874 (+20.7%)	$750 → $964 (+28.5%)

Bowling Green

Population

31,52630,051

Median household income

$37,346$46,719

Median home value

$168,000$217,300

Median gross rent

$724$874

Northwood

Population

5,3845,195

Median household income

$62,171$76,332

Median home value

$129,100$168,400

Median gross rent

$750$964

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowling Green	Northwood
Under 5	4.0%	6.8%
5 to 17	9.7%	16.9%
18 to 24	40.7%	6.9%
25 to 34	13.7%	11.8%
35 to 44	7.0%	10.6%
45 to 54	6.9%	13.0%
55 to 64	7.4%	16.9%
65 to 74	5.7%	10.7%
75 and over	4.9%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowling Green	Northwood
White (non-Hispanic)	82.7%	84.1%
Black or African American	4.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowling Green	Northwood
No high school diploma	5.0%	8.0%
High school graduate	26.0%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.8%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	22.2%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowling Green	Northwood
Drove alone	73.1%	89.9%
Carpooled	7.0%	3.4%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	8.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	3.8%
Other means	0.5%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowling Green	Northwood
1-unit, detached	39.7%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	24.9%	5.9%
20 or more units	14.2%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Bowling Green	Northwood
Poverty rate	29.7%	13.5%
Average household size	2.08	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1981	1974