Garden City vs Southgate

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

Garden City 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 26,910 in Garden City). Southgate has the higher median household income ($64,635 vs $64,396 in Garden City). Southgate has the higher median home value ($165,400 vs $162,400 in Garden City).

Population, income & housing

	Garden City	Southgate
Population	26,910	29,551
Median age	40.8 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$64,396	$64,635
Median home value	$162,400	$165,400
Median gross rent	$991	$1,102
Housing units	11,395	13,033
Homeownership rate	79.2%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden City	Southgate
Population	26,683 → 26,910 (+0.9%)	29,165 → 29,551 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$56,521 → $64,396 (+13.9%)	$57,133 → $64,635 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$111,000 → $162,400 (+46.3%)	$112,300 → $165,400 (+47.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,035 → $991 (-4.3%)	$876 → $1,102 (+25.8%)

Garden City

Population

26,68326,910

Median household income

$56,521$64,396

Median home value

$111,000$162,400

Median gross rent

$1,035$991

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)

	Garden City	Southgate
Under 5	7.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	13.3%	15.4%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.4%	16.1%
35 to 44	11.7%	13.0%
45 to 54	14.8%	11.4%
55 to 64	14.7%	12.6%
65 to 74	9.9%	10.2%
75 and over	6.2%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden City	Southgate
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	75.1%
Black or African American	6.6%	8.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden City	Southgate
No high school diploma	9.3%	10.6%
High school graduate	36.3%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden City	Southgate
Drove alone	81.8%	76.0%
Carpooled	8.7%	8.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.6%
Walked	0.3%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.8%	10.6%
Other means	0.8%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden City	Southgate
1-unit, detached	88.6%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	12.7%
20 or more units	2.3%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Garden City	Southgate
Poverty rate	11.3%	9.8%
Average household size	2.44	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1957	1963