Hamtramck vs Southgate

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

Hamtramck 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 27,830 in Hamtramck). Southgate has the higher median household income ($64,635 vs $40,103 in Hamtramck). Southgate has the higher median home value ($165,400 vs $116,400 in Hamtramck).

Population, income & housing

	Hamtramck	Southgate
Population	27,830	29,551
Median age	27.0 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$40,103	$64,635
Median home value	$116,400	$165,400
Median gross rent	$907	$1,102
Housing units	8,639	13,033
Homeownership rate	57.1%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	11.7%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hamtramck	Southgate
Population	21,822 → 27,830 (+27.5%)	29,165 → 29,551 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$27,166 → $40,103 (+47.6%)	$57,133 → $64,635 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$69,700 → $116,400 (+67.0%)	$112,300 → $165,400 (+47.3%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $907 (+24.4%)	$876 → $1,102 (+25.8%)

Hamtramck

Population

21,82227,830

Median household income

$27,166$40,103

Median home value

$69,700$116,400

Median gross rent

$729$907

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)

	Hamtramck	Southgate
Under 5	8.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	25.1%	15.4%
18 to 24	12.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.0%	16.1%
35 to 44	14.1%	13.0%
45 to 54	9.7%	11.4%
55 to 64	8.0%	12.6%
65 to 74	5.4%	10.2%
75 and over	2.2%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hamtramck	Southgate
White (non-Hispanic)	56.5%	75.1%
Black or African American	8.2%	8.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	25.7%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.5%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hamtramck	Southgate
No high school diploma	33.2%	10.6%
High school graduate	29.9%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hamtramck	Southgate
Drove alone	66.4%	76.0%
Carpooled	19.3%	8.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.6%
Walked	4.2%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.8%	10.6%
Other means	1.4%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hamtramck	Southgate
1-unit, detached	59.0%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	24.9%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	12.7%
20 or more units	3.9%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Hamtramck	Southgate
Poverty rate	38.2%	9.8%
Average household size	3.71	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1938	1963