Bowling Green vs Walbridge

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

Bowling Green and Walbridge 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 3,027 in Walbridge). Walbridge has the higher median household income ($56,719 vs $46,719 in Bowling Green). Bowling Green has the higher median home value ($217,300 vs $126,900 in Walbridge).

Population, income & housing

	Bowling Green	Walbridge
Population	30,051	3,027
Median age	23.6 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$46,719	$56,719
Median home value	$217,300	$126,900
Median gross rent	$874	$906
Housing units	12,647	1,456
Homeownership rate	36.8%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.0%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowling Green	Walbridge
Population	31,526 → 30,051 (-4.7%)	3,123 → 3,027 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$37,346 → $46,719 (+25.1%)	$40,614 → $56,719 (+39.7%)
Median home value	$168,000 → $217,300 (+29.3%)	$96,200 → $126,900 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$724 → $874 (+20.7%)	$627 → $906 (+44.5%)

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

Walbridge

Population

3,1233,027

Median household income

$40,614$56,719

Median home value

$96,200$126,900

Median gross rent

$627$906

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowling Green	Walbridge
Under 5	4.0%	8.0%
5 to 17	9.7%	9.6%
18 to 24	40.7%	11.8%
25 to 34	13.7%	12.3%
35 to 44	7.0%	14.5%
45 to 54	6.9%	10.7%
55 to 64	7.4%	10.5%
65 to 74	5.7%	12.9%
75 and over	4.9%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowling Green	Walbridge
White (non-Hispanic)	82.7%	78.1%
Black or African American	4.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	19.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowling Green	Walbridge
No high school diploma	5.0%	4.5%
High school graduate	26.0%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	43.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.8%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	22.2%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowling Green	Walbridge
Drove alone	73.1%	92.5%
Carpooled	7.0%	1.4%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	8.6%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	3.3%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowling Green	Walbridge
1-unit, detached	39.7%	58.0%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	24.9%	8.9%
20 or more units	14.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	25.1%

Poverty & households

	Bowling Green	Walbridge
Poverty rate	29.7%	13.3%
Average household size	2.08	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1981	1966