Indianapolis vs Southport

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

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

Indianapolis has the higher population (882,043 vs 2,036 in Southport). Southport has the higher median household income ($69,148 vs $62,995 in Indianapolis). Indianapolis has the higher median home value ($207,000 vs $186,500 in Southport).

Population, income & housing

	Indianapolis	Southport
Population	882,043	2,036
Median age	34.1 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$62,995	$69,148
Median home value	$207,000	$186,500
Median gross rent	$1,112	$1,081
Housing units	399,634	838
Homeownership rate	55.3%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.2%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Indianapolis	Southport
Population	864,447 → 882,043 (+2.0%)	1,909 → 2,036 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$47,873 → $62,995 (+31.6%)	$54,630 → $69,148 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$137,000 → $207,000 (+51.1%)	$134,700 → $186,500 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$892 → $1,112 (+24.7%)	$1,006 → $1,081 (+7.5%)

Indianapolis

Population

864,447882,043

Median household income

$47,873$62,995

Median home value

$137,000$207,000

Median gross rent

$892$1,112

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)

	Indianapolis	Southport
Under 5	7.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	17.9%	19.1%
18 to 24	9.6%	8.3%
25 to 34	16.8%	9.4%
35 to 44	13.2%	11.2%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.4%
55 to 64	11.4%	14.5%
65 to 74	8.1%	11.1%
75 and over	4.8%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Indianapolis	Southport
White (non-Hispanic)	49.9%	63.0%
Black or African American	27.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	4.1%	31.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	13.3%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Indianapolis	Southport
No high school diploma	12.5%	20.7%
High school graduate	26.8%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Indianapolis	Southport
Drove alone	73.7%	72.3%
Carpooled	9.6%	18.5%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	4.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Indianapolis	Southport
1-unit, detached	59.4%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	9.7%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	14.1%	3.3%
20 or more units	8.4%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Indianapolis	Southport
Poverty rate	15.7%	11.1%
Average household size	2.41	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1972	1963