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Bowling Green, KY vs Olive Branch, MS

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Highlights
- Household income in Olive Branch, is 88% more than it is in Bowling Green and is 16% above the National Average.
- Bowling Green unemployment rate is 4.7%.
- Olive Branch unemployment rate is 3.5%.

Economy
 Bowling Green, KYOlive Branch, MSUnited States
 Unemployment Rate4.7%3.5%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth2.6%1.5%1.6%
 Future Job Growth46.4%40.5%33.5%
 Sales Taxes6.0%7.0%6.2%
 Income Taxes8.4%5.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$26,015$35,032$37,638
 Household Income$43,633$81,860$69,021
 Family Median Income$53,400$89,568$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Bowling Green, KYOlive Branch, MSUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K15.9%4.3%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K7.4%2.8%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K11.2%6.3%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K11.5%4.9%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K9.5%7.2%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K8.0%7.4%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K9.8%12.6%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K10.1%18.1%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K9.1%23.7%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K3.8%7.0%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K3.8%5.5%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Bowling Green, KYOlive Branch, MSUnited States
 Management, business, finance11.7%16.4%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science3.4%3.9%6.5%
 Community, social services1.6%1.5%1.8%
 Legal0.8%0.3%1.2%
 Education, library5.6%3.2%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment2.1%0.2%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology5.6%7.8%6.2%
 Healthcare support3.0%2.6%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.5%3.3%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving8.7%4.3%5.4%
 Building maintenance4.3%2.1%3.6%
 Personal care3.3%3.9%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support22.3%20.9%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.2%0.0%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair5.6%7.9%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving20.2%21.5%13.1%

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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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Reviews for Olive Branch    4 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Olive Branch used to be the perfect small town with large city access, but the city of Memphis became so bad we've been affected tremendously over the past few years.   More

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We moved to Olive Branch, MS in 2002 and have been very pleased with our choice. Housing is less expensive than in the other Memphis Metro areas and with the tax breaks  More

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Over 17 years ago

city struggling to keep up with  More

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ZIPS IN BOWLING GREEN, KENTUCKY
42101 42104 42103 42122
ZIPS IN OLIVE BRANCH, MISSISSIPPI
38654

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