Virginia · Census place 5108888
Bowling Green, Virginia
Bowling Green is a town in Caroline County, Virginia with an estimated 1,252 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 123rd largest of 137 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,252
- #123 of 137 in Virginia
- Change since 2020
- +7.2%
- +84 people
- Land area
- 1.6 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 783 / sq mi
- State median 1,784
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Bowling Green population, 2020 to 2024
Bowling Green added 84 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.2%. In the latest year it moved by +24.
Bowling Green covers 1.60 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 783 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Bowling Green is less dense than the typical town.
What county Bowling Green is in
All of Bowling Green's residents live in Caroline County, which had 33,477 residents in 2024. Bowling Green holds 3.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Bowling Green
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bowling Green by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 22427. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Bowling Green is
The Census internal point of Bowling Green is at 38.053300, -77.347500. Richmond, the capital, is 35.8 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fredericksburg, VA (29,992 people), 18.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Richmond, VA, 36.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.053300, -77.347500
- DMS
- 38°03'11.88"N 77°20'51.00"W
- UTM
- 18N 294031.1E 4214330.5N
- Geohash
- dqbbrzmk8
- Plus code
- 87C43M33+82
Daylight in Bowling Green
At 38.05° N, Bowling Green gets about 14 h 49 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 31 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 17 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Bowling Green
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Fredericksburg, 18.6 miles away, with 29,992 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Bowling Green, VA?
1,252 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 84 (7.2%) from 1,168 in July 2020.
What county is Bowling Green in?
Caroline County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Bowling Green?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 22427.
How far is Bowling Green from Richmond?
35.8 miles (57.7 km) in a straight line, heading S from Bowling Green.
What is the nearest larger city to Bowling Green?
Fredericksburg, VA, with 29,992 residents, 18.6 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.