Southgate vs Taylor

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

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

Taylor has the higher population (62,405 vs 29,551 in Southgate). Southgate has the higher median household income ($64,635 vs $59,537 in Taylor). Southgate has the higher median home value ($165,400 vs $141,200 in Taylor).

Population, income & housing

	Southgate	Taylor
Population	29,551	62,405
Median age	39.4 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$64,635	$59,537
Median home value	$165,400	$141,200
Median gross rent	$1,102	$1,036
Housing units	13,033	26,741
Homeownership rate	66.2%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Southgate	Taylor
Population	29,165 → 29,551 (+1.3%)	61,379 → 62,405 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$57,133 → $64,635 (+13.1%)	$50,053 → $59,537 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$112,300 → $165,400 (+47.3%)	$96,300 → $141,200 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	$876 → $1,102 (+25.8%)	$880 → $1,036 (+17.7%)

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

Taylor

Population

61,37962,405

Median household income

$50,053$59,537

Median home value

$96,300$141,200

Median gross rent

$880$1,036

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Southgate	Taylor
Under 5	5.3%	6.9%
5 to 17	15.4%	15.1%
18 to 24	7.5%	9.0%
25 to 34	16.1%	15.0%
35 to 44	13.0%	10.8%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.6%	14.2%
65 to 74	10.2%	10.6%
75 and over	8.5%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Southgate	Taylor
White (non-Hispanic)	75.1%	64.7%
Black or African American	8.2%	19.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.8%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.0%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Southgate	Taylor
No high school diploma	10.6%	13.3%
High school graduate	34.7%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Southgate	Taylor
Drove alone	76.0%	79.7%
Carpooled	8.5%	6.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.7%
Walked	1.9%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.6%	9.3%
Other means	2.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Southgate	Taylor
1-unit, detached	69.5%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	11.1%
20 or more units	8.8%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Southgate	Taylor
Poverty rate	9.8%	16.7%
Average household size	2.38	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1963	1963