Bowling Green is a very small city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 2,449 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. 42.75% 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 service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bowling Green who work in office and administrative support (11.16%), sales jobs (8.15%), and maintenance occupations (5.80%). In Bowling Green, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.42 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit. Despite the fact that it is a small city, Bowling Green has quite a few people who take public transportation – mostly the bus - for their daily commute to work. This helps to fill a real need in the city for affordable transportation.The citizens of Bowling Green have a very low rate of college education: just 9.48% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities. The per capita income in Bowling Green in 2022 was $21,859, which is low income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $87,436 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 30.57% 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 48.45% 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, Italian, and French. The most common language spoken in Bowling Green is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
