Southgate vs Wilder

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

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

Southgate has the higher population (3,680 vs 3,148 in Wilder). Wilder has the higher median household income ($71,567 vs $55,469 in Southgate). Southgate has the higher median home value ($175,700 vs $137,600 in Wilder).

Population, income & housing

	Southgate	Wilder
Population	3,680	3,148
Median age	32.8 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,469	$71,567
Median home value	$175,700	$137,600
Median gross rent	$1,010	$1,376
Housing units	1,735	1,747
Homeownership rate	56.7%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	59.2%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Southgate	Wilder
Population	3,920 → 3,680 (-6.1%)	3,088 → 3,148 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$57,458 → $55,469 (-3.5%)	$66,190 → $71,567 (+8.1%)
Median home value	$127,400 → $175,700 (+37.9%)	$140,000 → $137,600 (-1.7%)
Median gross rent	$880 → $1,010 (+14.8%)	$1,070 → $1,376 (+28.6%)

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

Wilder

Population

3,0883,148

Median household income

$66,190$71,567

Median home value

$140,000$137,600

Median gross rent

$1,070$1,376

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Southgate	Wilder
Under 5	5.3%	6.2%
5 to 17	22.2%	9.9%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.1%
25 to 34	16.2%	20.7%
35 to 44	13.1%	10.2%
45 to 54	8.8%	9.7%
55 to 64	14.6%	17.9%
65 to 74	7.3%	14.2%
75 and over	5.1%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Southgate	Wilder
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	96.4%
Black or African American	14.2%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.1%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Southgate	Wilder
No high school diploma	7.3%	3.4%
High school graduate	24.5%	18.7%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	28.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	30.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Southgate	Wilder
Drove alone	82.4%	72.7%
Carpooled	8.5%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	18.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Southgate	Wilder
1-unit, detached	40.9%	35.4%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	33.4%	46.4%
20 or more units	13.4%	14.8%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Southgate	Wilder
Poverty rate	20.4%	15.8%
Average household size	2.23	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1980	1992