A typical Bowling Green home is worth about $268,000
Up 2.9% in a year, 8% above the Ohio typical home. Homes typically sell in 36 days, a little above asking.
What kind of housing town is Bowling Green?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,080
Renters already here pay a median of $897, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
How Bowling Green ranks on rent that’s easy to afford →
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Toledo, OH MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
A seller's market
Supply is tight — about 2.5 months of homes for sale at the current pace. Buyers should expect competition on well-priced homes.
Under ~4 months of supply favors sellers; over ~6 favors buyers.
Redfin Data Center, all residential sales, May 2026.
Up 22% in five years
Slower than Ohio (29.2%).
Show as a table
| January | Bowling Green | Ohio |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $172,000 | $133,000 |
| 2018 | $178,000 | $141,000 |
| 2019 | $183,000 | $150,000 |
| 2020 | $191,000 | $158,000 |
| 2021 | $209,000 | $178,000 |
| 2022 | $219,000 | $195,000 |
| 2023 | $237,000 | $211,000 |
| 2024 | $245,000 | $224,000 |
| 2025 | $256,000 | $237,000 |
| 2026 | $263,000 | $245,000 |
| August 2026 | $268,000 | $249,000 |
A typical Bowling Green home worth $171K in September 2016 is worth about $268K today.
How Bowling Green ranks on rising home prices →
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
A typical home costs 5.9 years of income
More than across Ohio (3.5 years). Try your own numbers below.
That’s $99K short of a typical Bowling Green home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,080 a month here, $590 less than owning.
How Bowling Green ranks on affordability →
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Bowling Green’s typical property tax (1.17% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
1 of Bowling Green’s houses are on the National Register
Half of Bowling Green’s homes were built before 1980.
Ohio: 67% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.
Bowling Green vs. its neighbors
Bowling Green is the 2nd least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.
Neighbors talk housing
What Bowling Green buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, May 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.