Bowling Green vs Port Royal

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

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

Bowling Green has the higher population (1,455 vs 93 in Port Royal). Port Royal has the higher median household income ($72,813 vs $69,352 in Bowling Green). Bowling Green has the higher median home value ($307,100 vs $170,000 in Port Royal).

Population, income & housing

	Bowling Green	Port Royal
Population	1,455	93
Median age	39.9 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$69,352	$72,813
Median home value	$307,100	$170,000
Median gross rent	$544	$1,732
Housing units	619	54
Homeownership rate	61.2%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowling Green	Port Royal
Population	1,249 → 1,455 (+16.5%)	217 → 93 (-57.1%)
Median household income	$57,250 → $69,352 (+21.1%)	$43,882 → $72,813 (+65.9%)
Median home value	$235,700 → $307,100 (+30.3%)	$175,000 → $170,000 (-2.9%)
Median gross rent	$934 → $544 (-41.8%)	$1,094 → $1,732 (+58.3%)

Bowling Green

Population

1,2491,455

Median household income

$57,250$69,352

Median home value

$235,700$307,100

Median gross rent

$934$544

Port Royal

Population

21793

Median household income

$43,882$72,813

Median home value

$175,000$170,000

Median gross rent

$1,094$1,732

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowling Green	Port Royal
Under 5	5.1%	8.6%
5 to 17	21.2%	17.2%
18 to 24	3.6%	1.1%
25 to 34	15.9%	26.9%
35 to 44	13.3%	17.2%
45 to 54	5.8%	10.8%
55 to 64	10.1%	14.0%
65 to 74	11.8%	2.2%
75 and over	13.2%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowling Green	Port Royal
White (non-Hispanic)	78.2%	79.6%
Black or African American	11.2%	9.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowling Green	Port Royal
No high school diploma	13.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	39.7%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowling Green	Port Royal
Drove alone	81.6%	74.1%
Carpooled	11.6%	17.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	5.2%
Other means	0.9%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowling Green	Port Royal
1-unit, detached	61.7%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	14.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	20.4%

Poverty & households

	Bowling Green	Port Royal
Poverty rate	10.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.25	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	33	36
Median year structure built	1973	1953