Allen Park vs Southgate

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

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

Southgate has the higher population (29,551 vs 28,128 in Allen Park). Allen Park has the higher median household income ($80,045 vs $64,635 in Southgate). Allen Park has the higher median home value ($174,500 vs $165,400 in Southgate).

Population, income & housing

	Allen Park	Southgate
Population	28,128	29,551
Median age	43.2 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$80,045	$64,635
Median home value	$174,500	$165,400
Median gross rent	$1,181	$1,102
Housing units	12,413	13,033
Homeownership rate	86.2%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allen Park	Southgate
Population	27,216 → 28,128 (+3.4%)	29,165 → 29,551 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$67,130 → $80,045 (+19.2%)	$57,133 → $64,635 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$123,800 → $174,500 (+41.0%)	$112,300 → $165,400 (+47.3%)
Median gross rent	$980 → $1,181 (+20.5%)	$876 → $1,102 (+25.8%)

Allen Park

Population

27,21628,128

Median household income

$67,130$80,045

Median home value

$123,800$174,500

Median gross rent

$980$1,181

Southgate

Population

29,16529,551

Median household income

$57,133$64,635

Median home value

$112,300$165,400

Median gross rent

$876$1,102

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allen Park	Southgate
Under 5	4.3%	5.3%
5 to 17	15.8%	15.4%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.5%
25 to 34	12.9%	16.1%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.0%
45 to 54	14.0%	11.4%
55 to 64	14.6%	12.6%
65 to 74	10.7%	10.2%
75 and over	7.6%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allen Park	Southgate
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	75.1%
Black or African American	4.7%	8.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.6%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allen Park	Southgate
No high school diploma	6.4%	10.6%
High school graduate	26.2%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allen Park	Southgate
Drove alone	81.4%	76.0%
Carpooled	7.4%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.6%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.9%	10.6%
Other means	0.5%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allen Park	Southgate
1-unit, detached	91.4%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	12.7%
20 or more units	2.0%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Allen Park	Southgate
Poverty rate	6.1%	9.8%
Average household size	2.37	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1955	1963