Home values, rents and more in Bowling Green, KY
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Bowling Green compares
The typical home in Bowling Green, KY is worth about $280,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Bowling Green are 9% above the typical value in the Bowling Green metro area ($258,000) and 23% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Bowling Green rose 0.1%, compared with −0.4% in the Bowling Green metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,240 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as the Bowling Green metro area ($1,215) and 36% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 1.5% over the past year.
The median household income is $48,873, against $63,328 in the Bowling Green metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 75,388 people live in Bowling Green (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Bowling Green has the 3rd-highest typical home value of the 9 cities in the Bowling Green metro area and the 56th-highest of 362 in Kentucky with Zillow figures.
Part of: Warren County, KY · Bowling Green metro area · Kentucky
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.