Bowling Green vs Rossford

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

Bowling Green and Rossford 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 6,315 in Rossford). Rossford has the higher median household income ($68,381 vs $46,719 in Bowling Green). Bowling Green has the higher median home value ($217,300 vs $173,500 in Rossford).

Population, income & housing

	Bowling Green	Rossford
Population	30,051	6,315
Median age	23.6 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$46,719	$68,381
Median home value	$217,300	$173,500
Median gross rent	$874	$880
Housing units	12,647	2,862
Homeownership rate	36.8%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.0%	31.7%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowling Green	Rossford
Population	31,526 → 30,051 (-4.7%)	6,539 → 6,315 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$37,346 → $46,719 (+25.1%)	$67,634 → $68,381 (+1.1%)
Median home value	$168,000 → $217,300 (+29.3%)	$142,100 → $173,500 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	$724 → $874 (+20.7%)	$710 → $880 (+23.9%)

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

Rossford

Population

6,5396,315

Median household income

$67,634$68,381

Median home value

$142,100$173,500

Median gross rent

$710$880

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowling Green	Rossford
Under 5	4.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	9.7%	12.8%
18 to 24	40.7%	10.8%
25 to 34	13.7%	14.6%
35 to 44	7.0%	14.1%
45 to 54	6.9%	11.4%
55 to 64	7.4%	16.2%
65 to 74	5.7%	10.3%
75 and over	4.9%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowling Green	Rossford
White (non-Hispanic)	82.7%	90.5%
Black or African American	4.9%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	1.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowling Green	Rossford
No high school diploma	5.0%	4.9%
High school graduate	26.0%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.8%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	22.2%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowling Green	Rossford
Drove alone	73.1%	82.3%
Carpooled	7.0%	7.3%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	8.6%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	5.9%
Other means	0.5%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowling Green	Rossford
1-unit, detached	39.7%	70.7%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	24.9%	16.1%
20 or more units	14.2%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bowling Green	Rossford
Poverty rate	29.7%	12.1%
Average household size	2.08	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1981	1969