Beech Grove vs Southport

A side-by-side comparison of Beech Grove and Southport: population, income, housing, and more.

Beech Grove and Southport are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Beech Grove has the higher population (15,082 vs 2,036 in Southport). Southport has the higher median household income ($69,148 vs $49,452 in Beech Grove). Southport has the higher median home value ($186,500 vs $169,500 in Beech Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Beech Grove	Southport
Population	15,082	2,036
Median age	36.4 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$49,452	$69,148
Median home value	$169,500	$186,500
Median gross rent	$978	$1,081
Housing units	6,983	838
Homeownership rate	55.3%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.0%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beech Grove	Southport
Population	14,990 → 15,082 (+0.6%)	1,909 → 2,036 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$43,802 → $49,452 (+12.9%)	$54,630 → $69,148 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$101,600 → $169,500 (+66.8%)	$134,700 → $186,500 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $978 (+25.4%)	$1,006 → $1,081 (+7.5%)

Beech Grove

Population

14,99015,082

Median household income

$43,802$49,452

Median home value

$101,600$169,500

Median gross rent

$780$978

Southport

Population

1,9092,036

Median household income

$54,630$69,148

Median home value

$134,700$186,500

Median gross rent

$1,006$1,081

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beech Grove	Southport
Under 5	6.7%	6.6%
5 to 17	20.6%	19.1%
18 to 24	6.5%	8.3%
25 to 34	12.6%	9.4%
35 to 44	16.8%	11.2%
45 to 54	11.0%	12.4%
55 to 64	10.0%	14.5%
65 to 74	9.6%	11.1%
75 and over	6.1%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beech Grove	Southport
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	63.0%
Black or African American	6.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.9%	31.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beech Grove	Southport
No high school diploma	11.3%	20.7%
High school graduate	37.7%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beech Grove	Southport
Drove alone	83.5%	72.3%
Carpooled	8.6%	18.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	4.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beech Grove	Southport
1-unit, detached	59.4%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	10.4%	9.7%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	19.6%	3.3%
20 or more units	4.6%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Beech Grove	Southport
Poverty rate	10.3%	11.1%
Average household size	2.29	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1966	1963