What is the population of Bowling Green CDP?

Bowling Green CDP has 1,096 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #324 of 536 in Maryland.

What is the median household income in Bowling Green CDP?

Median household income in Bowling Green CDP is $71,875 a year, 8.5% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bowling Green CDP?

Median gross rent is $852 a month and the median home value is $123,600, so rent absorbs about 14.2% of median household income.

Is Bowling Green CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 1.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bowling Green CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Bowling Green, MD population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Bowling Green, Maryland (Bowling Green, MD — Census place “Bowling Green CDP”) is 1,096 residents, ranking #324 of 536 places in Maryland. Median household income is $71,875, the median home is worth $123,600 and median gross rent runs $852 a month. Looking for the Bowling Green Maryland ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Bowling Green, MD: 21502.

Population: 1,096Bowling Green CDP residents
Median household income: $71,875Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $123,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $852Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 43.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 59.6%Owner-occupied households

Bowling Green ZIP codes (Maryland)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Bowling Green.

The Bowling Green MD ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

21502

What the numbers mean in Bowling Green CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Bowling Green CDP median would spend about 14.2% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 1.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 9.2% of residents and 59.6% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Bowling Green CDP, MD in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Bowling Green CDP is a small town in Maryland, with 1,096 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #324 of 536 ranked by population — larger than 39% of them. The median age here is 43.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Bowling Green CDP earn a median of $71,875 a year, 8.5% below the national figure of $78,538 and 34% below the $109,026 median for the 332 Maryland cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 9.2% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Bowling Green CDP is valued at $123,600, 59.3% below the national figure and 69% below the $397,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $852 a month, 39.4% below the national figure, or roughly $10,224 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 14.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 59.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Bowling Green CDP?: Bowling Green CDP has 1,096 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #324 of 536 in Maryland.
What is the median household income in Bowling Green CDP?: Median household income in Bowling Green CDP is $71,875 a year, 8.5% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bowling Green CDP?: Median gross rent is $852 a month and the median home value is $123,600, so rent absorbs about 14.2% of median household income.
Is Bowling Green CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 1.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bowling Green CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Bowling Green CDP data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.