Ridge Wood Heights vs Southgate

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

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

Southgate has the higher population (6,054 vs 5,085 in Ridge Wood Heights). Southgate has the higher median household income ($77,616 vs $68,463 in Ridge Wood Heights). Southgate has the higher median home value ($374,800 vs $349,900 in Ridge Wood Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Ridge Wood Heights	Southgate
Population	5,085	6,054
Median age	49.2 yrs	52.6 yrs
Median household income	$68,463	$77,616
Median home value	$349,900	$374,800
Median gross rent	$1,465	$1,586
Housing units	2,760	3,088
Homeownership rate	74.0%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.3%	42.9%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ridge Wood Heights	Southgate
Population	4,287 → 5,085 (+18.6%)	7,817 → 6,054 (-22.6%)
Median household income	$53,503 → $68,463 (+28.0%)	$58,663 → $77,616 (+32.3%)
Median home value	$221,600 → $349,900 (+57.9%)	$256,200 → $374,800 (+46.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,135 → $1,465 (+29.1%)	$1,396 → $1,586 (+13.6%)

Ridge Wood Heights

Population

4,2875,085

Median household income

$53,503$68,463

Median home value

$221,600$349,900

Median gross rent

$1,135$1,465

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)

	Ridge Wood Heights	Southgate
Under 5	5.5%	3.0%
5 to 17	8.6%	12.3%
18 to 24	9.4%	6.4%
25 to 34	14.9%	9.0%
35 to 44	8.0%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.6%	11.1%
55 to 64	17.4%	17.9%
65 to 74	12.7%	13.0%
75 and over	10.9%	16.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ridge Wood Heights	Southgate
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	81.5%
Black or African American	3.7%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.6%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ridge Wood Heights	Southgate
No high school diploma	6.0%	3.0%
High school graduate	29.7%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.8%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	16.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ridge Wood Heights	Southgate
Drove alone	81.4%	80.8%
Carpooled	7.2%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.2%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	8.7%	12.2%
Other means	2.5%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ridge Wood Heights	Southgate
1-unit, detached	72.0%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	10.9%	11.5%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	4.8%
20 or more units	3.8%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ridge Wood Heights	Southgate
Poverty rate	7.4%	4.0%
Average household size	2.06	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1980	1964