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Cost of living in Bowling Green, Kentucky

Simple answer

Typical rent is $998 a month.

Bowling Green is a city in Kentucky. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $48,873 a year.

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People
75,388
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$998
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$48,873
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$241,900
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,199
Bowling Green, KY HUD Metro FMR Area

Bowling Green, Kentucky has about 75,388 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $241,900.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Warren County is $1,199 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Bowling Green. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Bowling Green, KY metro area, prices sit at 90.2 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.

Kentucky taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 6.0% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Bowling Green's exact store tax.

Some places in Kentucky add a local wage tax. In 2023 the state average was about 0.93% of income. That is not a Bowling Green bill.

In July 2026, a typical Kentucky home paid 13.81¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Bowling Green's bill.

EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Kentucky in the table we use.

Among 216 places we list in Kentucky with a rent figure, 69 have higher typical rent than Bowling Green.

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USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.