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Glasgow, KY vs Bowling Green, KY

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Highlights
- Household income in Bowling Green, is 13% more than it is in Glasgow and is 58% below the National Average.
- Glasgow unemployment rate is 5.7%.
- Bowling Green unemployment rate is 4.7%.

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 Glasgow, KYBowling Green, KYUnited States
 Unemployment Rate5.7%4.7%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth0.9%2.6%1.6%
 Future Job Growth36.2%46.4%33.5%
 Sales Taxes6.0%6.0%6.2%
 Income Taxes6.5%8.4%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$25,467$26,015$37,638
 Household Income$38,669$43,633$69,021
 Family Median Income$45,400$53,400$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Glasgow, KYBowling Green, KYUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K21.2%15.9%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K6.2%7.4%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K11.7%11.2%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K12.0%11.5%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K11.3%9.5%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K7.8%8.0%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K6.9%9.8%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K8.9%10.1%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K8.6%9.1%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K2.8%3.8%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K2.7%3.8%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Glasgow, KYBowling Green, KYUnited States
 Management, business, finance12.2%11.7%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science4.3%3.4%6.5%
 Community, social services2.1%1.6%1.8%
 Legal1.4%0.8%1.2%
 Education, library5.8%5.6%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment0.0%2.1%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology8.0%5.6%6.2%
 Healthcare support2.6%3.0%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement0.8%1.5%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving4.5%8.7%5.4%
 Building maintenance3.8%4.3%3.6%
 Personal care2.2%3.3%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support18.1%22.3%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.4%0.2%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair10.5%5.6%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving23.2%20.2%13.1%

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Reviews for Glasgow    2 Reviews

Retired here 2 years ago from Michigan. Less winter but still a lot of gloomy grey days with rain. Had a new house built only to find a very poor work ethic here. It's  More

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Over 10 years ago

I live here in Glasgow all my life and we do have few bad apples in our city but I cannot say that everyone is like that. I am not like that at all and I know there are  More

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Reviews for Bowling Green    7 Reviews

I have lived in Bowling Green 12 years, prior to that I lived in the Terre Haute IN area. Compared to Terre Haute, my husband and I much prefer BG. The winters are much  More

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Over 6 years ago

I was born in BG 62 yrs ago. I left at 17 and returned in 2015. Compared to Texas & the west, BG is the worst. If you like sunshine (I do), it is horrible in BG.  More

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I have lived in Bowling Green for almost seven years now. I'm originally from the Oklahoma City/Moore OK area. My husband and I moved here for his job. Honestly,  More

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ZIPS IN GLASGOW, KENTUCKY
42141
ZIPS IN BOWLING GREEN, KENTUCKY
42101 42104 42103 42122

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