Bee Ridge vs Southgate

A side-by-side comparison of Bee Ridge and Southgate: population, income, housing, and more.

Bee Ridge and Southgate are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bee Ridge has the higher population (9,921 vs 6,054 in Southgate). Bee Ridge has the higher median household income ($79,375 vs $77,616 in Southgate). Southgate has the higher median home value ($374,800 vs $370,400 in Bee Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Bee Ridge	Southgate
Population	9,921	6,054
Median age	55.3 yrs	52.6 yrs
Median household income	$79,375	$77,616
Median home value	$370,400	$374,800
Median gross rent	$1,833	$1,586
Housing units	4,991	3,088
Homeownership rate	78.9%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.2%	42.9%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bee Ridge	Southgate
Population	9,958 → 9,921 (-0.4%)	7,817 → 6,054 (-22.6%)
Median household income	$65,508 → $79,375 (+21.2%)	$58,663 → $77,616 (+32.3%)
Median home value	$245,600 → $370,400 (+50.8%)	$256,200 → $374,800 (+46.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,394 → $1,833 (+31.5%)	$1,396 → $1,586 (+13.6%)

Bee Ridge

Population

9,9589,921

Median household income

$65,508$79,375

Median home value

$245,600$370,400

Median gross rent

$1,394$1,833

Southgate

Population

7,8176,054

Median household income

$58,663$77,616

Median home value

$256,200$374,800

Median gross rent

$1,396$1,586

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bee Ridge	Southgate
Under 5	3.3%	3.0%
5 to 17	11.6%	12.3%
18 to 24	3.5%	6.4%
25 to 34	9.8%	9.0%
35 to 44	8.3%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.1%
55 to 64	16.0%	17.9%
65 to 74	16.1%	13.0%
75 and over	19.0%	16.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bee Ridge	Southgate
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	81.5%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.2%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bee Ridge	Southgate
No high school diploma	4.5%	3.0%
High school graduate	27.3%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	25.8%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	16.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bee Ridge	Southgate
Drove alone	81.2%	80.8%
Carpooled	4.8%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	13.3%	12.2%
Other means	0.7%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bee Ridge	Southgate
1-unit, detached	58.6%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	20.1%	11.5%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	4.8%
20 or more units	8.9%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bee Ridge	Southgate
Poverty rate	7.1%	4.0%
Average household size	2.13	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1988	1964