Inkster vs Southgate

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

Inkster 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 25,602 in Inkster). Southgate has the higher median household income ($64,635 vs $39,632 in Inkster). Southgate has the higher median home value ($165,400 vs $75,700 in Inkster).

Population, income & housing

	Inkster	Southgate
Population	25,602	29,551
Median age	34.4 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$39,632	$64,635
Median home value	$75,700	$165,400
Median gross rent	$1,127	$1,102
Housing units	11,497	13,033
Homeownership rate	45.8%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Inkster	Southgate
Population	24,520 → 25,602 (+4.4%)	29,165 → 29,551 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$32,014 → $39,632 (+23.8%)	$57,133 → $64,635 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$48,700 → $75,700 (+55.4%)	$112,300 → $165,400 (+47.3%)
Median gross rent	$887 → $1,127 (+27.1%)	$876 → $1,102 (+25.8%)

Inkster

Population

24,52025,602

Median household income

$32,014$39,632

Median home value

$48,700$75,700

Median gross rent

$887$1,127

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)

	Inkster	Southgate
Under 5	7.2%	5.3%
5 to 17	20.2%	15.4%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.5%
25 to 34	16.2%	16.1%
35 to 44	13.1%	13.0%
45 to 54	12.9%	11.4%
55 to 64	11.3%	12.6%
65 to 74	7.9%	10.2%
75 and over	4.5%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Inkster	Southgate
White (non-Hispanic)	16.8%	75.1%
Black or African American	72.3%	8.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.7%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Inkster	Southgate
No high school diploma	17.3%	10.6%
High school graduate	38.9%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Inkster	Southgate
Drove alone	74.9%	76.0%
Carpooled	9.9%	8.5%
Public transit	3.7%	0.6%
Walked	0.7%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.3%	10.6%
Other means	3.3%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Inkster	Southgate
1-unit, detached	72.5%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	12.7%
20 or more units	7.1%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Inkster	Southgate
Poverty rate	36.3%	9.8%
Average household size	2.65	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1957	1963