Southgate vs The Meadows

A side-by-side comparison of Southgate and The Meadows: population, income, housing, and more.

Southgate and The Meadows 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 5,463 in The Meadows). Southgate has the higher median household income ($77,616 vs $66,003 in The Meadows). Southgate has the higher median home value ($374,800 vs $344,900 in The Meadows).

Population, income & housing

	Southgate	The Meadows
Population	6,054	5,463
Median age	52.6 yrs	71.4 yrs
Median household income	$77,616	$66,003
Median home value	$374,800	$344,900
Median gross rent	$1,586	$1,625
Housing units	3,088	4,031
Homeownership rate	73.1%	74.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.9%	54.8%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Southgate	The Meadows
Population	7,817 → 6,054 (-22.6%)	4,430 → 5,463 (+23.3%)
Median household income	$58,663 → $77,616 (+32.3%)	$57,586 → $66,003 (+14.6%)
Median home value	$256,200 → $374,800 (+46.3%)	$282,200 → $344,900 (+22.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,396 → $1,586 (+13.6%)	$1,260 → $1,625 (+29.0%)

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

The Meadows

Population

4,4305,463

Median household income

$57,586$66,003

Median home value

$282,200$344,900

Median gross rent

$1,260$1,625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Southgate	The Meadows
Under 5	3.0%	1.9%
5 to 17	12.3%	3.0%
18 to 24	6.4%	4.5%
25 to 34	9.0%	3.6%
35 to 44	11.0%	0.8%
45 to 54	11.1%	7.9%
55 to 64	17.9%	11.3%
65 to 74	13.0%	27.4%
75 and over	16.3%	39.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Southgate	The Meadows
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Southgate	The Meadows
No high school diploma	3.0%	2.7%
High school graduate	26.3%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	26.8%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	23.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Southgate	The Meadows
Drove alone	80.8%	59.8%
Carpooled	4.4%	4.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	1.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	32.8%
Other means	1.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Southgate	The Meadows
1-unit, detached	73.0%	27.6%
1-unit, attached	11.5%	35.8%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	16.1%
20 or more units	9.6%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Southgate	The Meadows
Poverty rate	4.0%	10.7%
Average household size	2.10	1.66
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1964	1985