What is the population of Southgate city?

Southgate city has 29,551 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #36 of 745 in Michigan.

What is the median household income in Southgate city?

Median household income in Southgate city is $64,635 a year, 17.7% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Southgate city?

Median gross rent is $1,102 a month and the median home value is $165,400, so rent absorbs about 20.5% of median household income.

Is Southgate city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Southgate city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Southgate, MI population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Southgate, Michigan (Southgate, MI — Census place “Southgate city”) is 29,551 residents, ranking #36 of 745 places in Michigan. Median household income is $64,635, the median home is worth $165,400 and median gross rent runs $1,102 a month. Looking for the Southgate Michigan ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Southgate, MI: 48195.

Population: 29,551Southgate city residents
Median household income: $64,635Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $165,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,102Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 66.2%Owner-occupied households

Southgate ZIP codes (Michigan)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Southgate.

The Southgate MI ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

48195

What the numbers mean in Southgate city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Southgate city median would spend about 20.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 9.8% of residents and 66.2% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Southgate city, MI in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Southgate city is a small city in Michigan, with 29,551 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #36 of 745 ranked by population — larger than 95% of them. The median age here is 39.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Southgate city earn a median of $64,635 a year, 17.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 5% above the $61,715 median for the 438 Michigan cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 9.8% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Southgate city is valued at $165,400, 45.5% below the national figure and within a couple of points of the $166,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,102 a month, 21.6% below the national figure, or roughly $13,224 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 66.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of Southgate city?: Southgate city has 29,551 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #36 of 745 in Michigan.
What is the median household income in Southgate city?: Median household income in Southgate city is $64,635 a year, 17.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Southgate city?: Median gross rent is $1,102 a month and the median home value is $165,400, so rent absorbs about 20.5% of median household income.
Is Southgate city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Southgate city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Southgate city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.