Bowling Green is a very small city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 2,433 people and two associated neighborhoods, Bowling Green is the 363rd largest community in Florida.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Bowling Green is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 44.60% of the Bowling Green workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Bowling Green is a city of construction workers and builders, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Bowling Green who work in office and administrative support (9.78%), sales jobs (7.51%), and teaching (7.28%). One downside of living in Bowling Green is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Bowling Green, the average commute to work is 30.30 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. The rate of college-level education in Bowling Green is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.01% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Bowling Green in 2022 was $18,995, which is low income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $75,980 for a family of four. However, Bowling Green contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Bowling Green also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 33.63% of its population below the federal poverty line.Bowling Green is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Bowling Green home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Bowling Green, accounting for 50.68% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Bowling Green residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Bowling Green include Irish, English, German, French, and Welsh. The most common language spoken in Bowling Green is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
