Highland Heights vs Southgate

A side-by-side comparison of Highland Heights and Southgate: population, income, housing, and more.

Highland Heights and Southgate are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Highland Heights has the higher population (6,531 vs 3,680 in Southgate). Southgate has the higher median household income ($55,469 vs $52,437 in Highland Heights). Southgate has the higher median home value ($175,700 vs $148,600 in Highland Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Highland Heights	Southgate
Population	6,531	3,680
Median age	29.7 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,437	$55,469
Median home value	$148,600	$175,700
Median gross rent	$1,101	$1,010
Housing units	2,933	1,735
Homeownership rate	63.7%	56.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.2%	32.3%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highland Heights	Southgate
Population	7,149 → 6,531 (-8.6%)	3,920 → 3,680 (-6.1%)
Median household income	$46,979 → $52,437 (+11.6%)	$57,458 → $55,469 (-3.5%)
Median home value	$108,900 → $148,600 (+36.5%)	$127,400 → $175,700 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$921 → $1,101 (+19.5%)	$880 → $1,010 (+14.8%)

Highland Heights

Population

7,1496,531

Median household income

$46,979$52,437

Median home value

$108,900$148,600

Median gross rent

$921$1,101

Southgate

Population

3,9203,680

Median household income

$57,458$55,469

Median home value

$127,400$175,700

Median gross rent

$880$1,010

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highland Heights	Southgate
Under 5	2.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	10.9%	22.2%
18 to 24	30.7%	7.4%
25 to 34	13.7%	16.2%
35 to 44	9.4%	13.1%
45 to 54	8.2%	8.8%
55 to 64	9.9%	14.6%
65 to 74	7.7%	7.3%
75 and over	7.5%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highland Heights	Southgate
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	82.0%
Black or African American	4.0%	14.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highland Heights	Southgate
No high school diploma	6.6%	7.3%
High school graduate	29.1%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highland Heights	Southgate
Drove alone	69.2%	82.4%
Carpooled	9.7%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	7.6%
Other means	1.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highland Heights	Southgate
1-unit, detached	45.4%	40.9%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	39.6%	33.4%
20 or more units	11.8%	13.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Highland Heights	Southgate
Poverty rate	18.5%	20.4%
Average household size	2.08	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	17	21
Median year structure built	1985	1980