Siesta Key vs Southgate

A side-by-side comparison of Siesta Key and Southgate: population, income, housing, and more.

Siesta Key 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 5,690 in Siesta Key). Siesta Key has the higher median household income ($119,427 vs $77,616 in Southgate). Siesta Key has the higher median home value ($954,300 vs $374,800 in Southgate).

Population, income & housing

	Siesta Key	Southgate
Population	5,690	6,054
Median age	66.0 yrs	52.6 yrs
Median household income	$119,427	$77,616
Median home value	$954,300	$374,800
Median gross rent	$2,761	$1,586
Housing units	7,894	3,088
Homeownership rate	92.5%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.3%	42.9%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Siesta Key	Southgate
Population	5,573 → 5,690 (+2.1%)	7,817 → 6,054 (-22.6%)
Median household income	$102,143 → $119,427 (+16.9%)	$58,663 → $77,616 (+32.3%)
Median home value	$715,000 → $954,300 (+33.5%)	$256,200 → $374,800 (+46.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,730 → $2,761 (+59.6%)	$1,396 → $1,586 (+13.6%)

Siesta Key

Population

5,5735,690

Median household income

$102,143$119,427

Median home value

$715,000$954,300

Median gross rent

$1,730$2,761

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)

	Siesta Key	Southgate
Under 5	1.1%	3.0%
5 to 17	6.0%	12.3%
18 to 24	1.7%	6.4%
25 to 34	2.0%	9.0%
35 to 44	3.3%	11.0%
45 to 54	7.7%	11.1%
55 to 64	25.8%	17.9%
65 to 74	22.8%	13.0%
75 and over	29.6%	16.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Siesta Key	Southgate
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	81.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Siesta Key	Southgate
No high school diploma	3.2%	3.0%
High school graduate	11.3%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	34.2%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	31.1%	16.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Siesta Key	Southgate
Drove alone	49.5%	80.8%
Carpooled	3.6%	4.4%
Public transit	1.2%	0.1%
Walked	1.4%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.2%
Worked from home	36.2%	12.2%
Other means	7.2%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Siesta Key	Southgate
1-unit, detached	28.9%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	10.8%	11.5%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	4.8%
20 or more units	44.6%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Siesta Key	Southgate
Poverty rate	7.6%	4.0%
Average household size	1.85	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	34	24
Median year structure built	1975	1964