Gulf Gate vs Southgate

A side-by-side comparison of Gulf Gate and Southgate: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gulf Gate has the higher population (8,317 vs 6,054 in Southgate). Southgate has the higher median household income ($77,616 vs $64,724 in Gulf Gate). Southgate has the higher median home value ($374,800 vs $344,500 in Gulf Gate).

Population, income & housing

	Gulf Gate	Southgate
Population	8,317	6,054
Median age	51.3 yrs	52.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,724	$77,616
Median home value	$344,500	$374,800
Median gross rent	$1,661	$1,586
Housing units	4,684	3,088
Homeownership rate	61.2%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.8%	42.9%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gulf Gate	Southgate
Population	8,521 → 8,317 (-2.4%)	7,817 → 6,054 (-22.6%)
Median household income	$53,036 → $64,724 (+22.0%)	$58,663 → $77,616 (+32.3%)
Median home value	$260,400 → $344,500 (+32.3%)	$256,200 → $374,800 (+46.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,228 → $1,661 (+35.3%)	$1,396 → $1,586 (+13.6%)

Gulf Gate

Population

8,5218,317

Median household income

$53,036$64,724

Median home value

$260,400$344,500

Median gross rent

$1,228$1,661

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)

	Gulf Gate	Southgate
Under 5	1.7%	3.0%
5 to 17	14.0%	12.3%
18 to 24	6.2%	6.4%
25 to 34	12.0%	9.0%
35 to 44	10.0%	11.0%
45 to 54	9.3%	11.1%
55 to 64	17.5%	17.9%
65 to 74	14.0%	13.0%
75 and over	15.3%	16.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gulf Gate	Southgate
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	81.5%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gulf Gate	Southgate
No high school diploma	3.7%	3.0%
High school graduate	32.3%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	16.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gulf Gate	Southgate
Drove alone	77.1%	80.8%
Carpooled	5.4%	4.4%
Public transit	0.9%	0.1%
Walked	4.8%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.3%	12.2%
Other means	1.3%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gulf Gate	Southgate
1-unit, detached	63.0%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	11.5%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	4.8%
20 or more units	10.5%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gulf Gate	Southgate
Poverty rate	12.2%	4.0%
Average household size	1.94	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1973	1964