Cumberland vs Southport

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

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

Cumberland has the higher population (6,154 vs 2,036 in Southport). Cumberland has the higher median household income ($84,167 vs $69,148 in Southport). Cumberland has the higher median home value ($241,200 vs $186,500 in Southport).

Population, income & housing

	Cumberland	Southport
Population	6,154	2,036
Median age	38.3 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$84,167	$69,148
Median home value	$241,200	$186,500
Median gross rent	$990	$1,081
Housing units	2,680	838
Homeownership rate	75.7%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.6%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cumberland	Southport
Population	5,718 → 6,154 (+7.6%)	1,909 → 2,036 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$69,711 → $84,167 (+20.7%)	$54,630 → $69,148 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$156,300 → $241,200 (+54.3%)	$134,700 → $186,500 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$835 → $990 (+18.6%)	$1,006 → $1,081 (+7.5%)

Cumberland

Population

5,7186,154

Median household income

$69,711$84,167

Median home value

$156,300$241,200

Median gross rent

$835$990

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)

	Cumberland	Southport
Under 5	2.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	21.3%	19.1%
18 to 24	3.7%	8.3%
25 to 34	18.7%	9.4%
35 to 44	14.4%	11.2%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.4%
55 to 64	11.4%	14.5%
65 to 74	9.7%	11.1%
75 and over	6.6%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cumberland	Southport
White (non-Hispanic)	73.6%	63.0%
Black or African American	11.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	31.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cumberland	Southport
No high school diploma	5.5%	20.7%
High school graduate	30.1%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cumberland	Southport
Drove alone	85.1%	72.3%
Carpooled	4.6%	18.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cumberland	Southport
1-unit, detached	79.3%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	9.7%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	3.3%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Cumberland	Southport
Poverty rate	4.3%	11.1%
Average household size	2.33	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1984	1963