Bowling Green is a medium-sized city located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 29,647 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Bowling Green is the 50th largest community in Ohio.Bowling Green is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Bowling Green is a city of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bowling Green who work in teaching (12.19%), food service (10.07%), and sales jobs (9.81%). A relatively large number of people in Bowling Green telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.52% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Bowling Green is also a major college town with a large number of people who are 18 years or older and attending college. As is often the case in college towns, the many students that live in Bowling Green have a strong influence on the local culture and entertainment scene, which may seem dormant by comparison in the summer months when much of the student population is away. In the fall, the return of students has a reinvigorating effect on the community. Because colleges are lasting institutions, they have a stabilizing effect on the economy by providing direct local benefits such as jobs for faculty and staff and spending by students. Bowling Green’s economy is one such example of this. Bowling Green is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 46.29% of adults in Bowling Green have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher. The per capita income in Bowling Green in 2022 was $26,768, which is lower middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $107,072 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 30.80% of its population below the federal poverty line.Bowling Green is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Bowling Green home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. 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 German, Irish, English, Polish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Bowling Green is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
