Big Flats vs Southport

A side-by-side comparison of Big Flats and Southport: population, income, housing, and more.

Big Flats and Southport are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Southport has the higher population (6,435 vs 5,846 in Big Flats). Big Flats has the higher median household income ($101,771 vs $62,060 in Southport). Big Flats has the higher median home value ($224,000 vs $101,200 in Southport).

Population, income & housing

	Big Flats	Southport
Population	5,846	6,435
Median age	45.4 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$101,771	$62,060
Median home value	$224,000	$101,200
Median gross rent	$1,394	$1,105
Housing units	2,465	3,644
Homeownership rate	85.6%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.3%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Flats	Southport
Population	5,215 → 5,846 (+12.1%)	6,972 → 6,435 (-7.7%)
Median household income	$83,198 → $101,771 (+22.3%)	$49,645 → $62,060 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$163,600 → $224,000 (+36.9%)	$81,500 → $101,200 (+24.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,161 → $1,394 (+20.1%)	$793 → $1,105 (+39.3%)

Big Flats

Population

5,2155,846

Median household income

$83,198$101,771

Median home value

$163,600$224,000

Median gross rent

$1,161$1,394

Southport

Population

6,9726,435

Median household income

$49,645$62,060

Median home value

$81,500$101,200

Median gross rent

$793$1,105

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Flats	Southport
Under 5	5.9%	2.6%
5 to 17	15.5%	12.8%
18 to 24	5.8%	6.4%
25 to 34	10.3%	13.9%
35 to 44	12.0%	10.6%
45 to 54	12.0%	8.4%
55 to 64	15.8%	19.2%
65 to 74	8.4%	12.6%
75 and over	14.3%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Flats	Southport
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.4%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Flats	Southport
No high school diploma	1.4%	8.9%
High school graduate	21.1%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	25.6%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Flats	Southport
Drove alone	83.7%	86.9%
Carpooled	3.8%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	1.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Flats	Southport
1-unit, detached	86.0%	77.6%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	2.8%
20 or more units	1.8%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Big Flats	Southport
Poverty rate	3.6%	14.3%
Average household size	2.36	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	18	18
Median year structure built	1974	1955