Romulus vs Southgate

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

Romulus 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 24,951 in Romulus). Romulus has the higher median household income ($72,235 vs $64,635 in Southgate). Southgate has the higher median home value ($165,400 vs $149,100 in Romulus).

Population, income & housing

	Romulus	Southgate
Population	24,951	29,551
Median age	35.5 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$72,235	$64,635
Median home value	$149,100	$165,400
Median gross rent	$1,050	$1,102
Housing units	9,909	13,033
Homeownership rate	70.8%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Romulus	Southgate
Population	23,527 → 24,951 (+6.1%)	29,165 → 29,551 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$51,504 → $72,235 (+40.3%)	$57,133 → $64,635 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$97,300 → $149,100 (+53.2%)	$112,300 → $165,400 (+47.3%)
Median gross rent	$933 → $1,050 (+12.5%)	$876 → $1,102 (+25.8%)

Romulus

Population

23,52724,951

Median household income

$51,504$72,235

Median home value

$97,300$149,100

Median gross rent

$933$1,050

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)

	Romulus	Southgate
Under 5	6.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	21.8%	15.4%
18 to 24	8.8%	7.5%
25 to 34	12.9%	16.1%
35 to 44	12.7%	13.0%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.4%
55 to 64	12.5%	12.6%
65 to 74	9.2%	10.2%
75 and over	4.8%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Romulus	Southgate
White (non-Hispanic)	45.9%	75.1%
Black or African American	43.9%	8.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	7.7%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Romulus	Southgate
No high school diploma	11.4%	10.6%
High school graduate	36.5%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Romulus	Southgate
Drove alone	79.2%	76.0%
Carpooled	7.5%	8.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.6%
Walked	1.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.5%	10.6%
Other means	1.6%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Romulus	Southgate
1-unit, detached	69.7%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	12.7%
20 or more units	4.0%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	10.3%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Romulus	Southgate
Poverty rate	11.0%	9.8%
Average household size	2.72	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1972	1963