Sacred Heart University vs Southport

A side-by-side comparison of Sacred Heart University and Southport: population, income, housing, and more.

Sacred Heart University and Southport are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Southport has the higher population (1,529 vs 1,085 in Sacred Heart University).

Population, income & housing

	Sacred Heart University	Southport
Population	1,085	1,529
Median age	19.0 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$156,750
Median home value	—	$905,600
Median gross rent	—	$3,259
Housing units	0	822
Homeownership rate	—	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.3%	82.7%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sacred Heart University	Southport
Population	1,178 → 1,085 (-7.9%)	1,661 → 1,529 (-7.9%)
Median household income	—	$187,917 → $156,750 (-16.6%)
Median home value	—	$703,200 → $905,600 (+28.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$2,208 → $3,259 (+47.6%)

Sacred Heart University

Population

1,1781,085

Southport

Population

1,6611,529

Median household income

$187,917$156,750

Median home value

$703,200$905,600

Median gross rent

$2,208$3,259

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sacred Heart University	Southport
Under 5	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 17	2.8%	18.7%
18 to 24	88.4%	5.3%
25 to 34	1.1%	3.1%
35 to 44	0.6%	12.6%
45 to 54	0.0%	7.5%
55 to 64	0.6%	28.6%
65 to 74	0.0%	10.0%
75 and over	6.6%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sacred Heart University	Southport
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	95.5%
Black or African American	3.5%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sacred Heart University	Southport
No high school diploma	7.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	30.2%	8.8%
Some college or associate's	6.3%	8.5%
Bachelor's degree	33.3%	43.1%
Graduate or professional degree	22.9%	39.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sacred Heart University	Southport
Drove alone	16.5%	48.5%
Carpooled	4.1%	0.5%
Public transit	0.0%	5.8%
Walked	46.8%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.6%	41.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sacred Heart University	Southport
1-unit, detached	—	54.0%
1-unit, attached	—	11.9%
2 to 4 units	—	10.1%
5 to 19 units	—	21.9%
20 or more units	—	2.1%
Mobile home & other	—	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Sacred Heart University	Southport
Poverty rate	—	5.6%
Average household size	—	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	9	36
Median year structure built	—	1966