Living in Bowling Green, Florida
Bowling Green is a city in Hardee County, with about 2,226 people.1 It feels small-town or low-density suburban, at 1,761 people per square mile.1,3
Small place: Census estimates for places under 5,000 people have wide margins of error. Treat these figures as rough.
Nearest 24-hour emergency room
AdventHealth Wauchula, in Wauchula, about 6 miles away (a small rural Critical Access Hospital).2
Straight-line distance from the town's center; driving is longer. Freestanding ERs and urgent care aren't counted.
Life in the Heartland
Florida's cattle, citrus and lake country, between the two coasts: Sebring and Avon Park on the ridge, Wauchula and Arcadia on the Peace River, and Okeechobee, Clewiston and LaBelle around the big lake.4,5,6,7,8,9,10
Hazards: Hurricanes cross the peninsula: storms that come ashore on either coast can reach the region with damaging wind, falling trees, long outages and river flooding. Mobile and manufactured homes should evacuate.7
Read the free Heartland preview, including the region's state-certified visitor centers.
The full Bowling Green town card
Choosing Your Place has the complete card for Bowling Green and 779 other places:
- How its home values, rent, age and income compare with the rest of the Heartland
- Household income, and how many ER hospitals are within 15 miles
- The nearest airline airport and the nearest big airport
- The full region profile, side-by-side compare and the monthly-cost calculator
Other places in Hardee County
- Wauchula · 4,927 people · home value $191,800
- Zolfo Springs · 2,158 people · home value $115,100
"Median" means half are above and half below. Figures are U.S. Census Bureau estimates for Bowling Green as a Census-defined place; the area a mailing address calls Bowling Green can be larger.
Notes
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024
- CMS Hospital General Information (Care Compare)
- U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer files (places)
- Sebring climate, 1991–2020 normals (Wikipedia, from NOAA)
- Okeechobee County QuickFacts (U.S. Census Bureau)
- Lake Okeechobee (Wikipedia)
- 1928 Okeechobee hurricane (Wikipedia)
- Sebring International Raceway (Wikipedia)
- Clewiston, Florida (Wikipedia)
- Peace River (Florida) (Wikipedia)