Horseheads North vs Southport

A side-by-side comparison of Horseheads North and Southport: population, income, housing, and more.

Horseheads North 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 2,600 in Horseheads North). Horseheads North has the higher median household income ($84,139 vs $62,060 in Southport). Horseheads North has the higher median home value ($206,800 vs $101,200 in Southport).

Population, income & housing

	Horseheads North	Southport
Population	2,600	6,435
Median age	42.1 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$84,139	$62,060
Median home value	$206,800	$101,200
Median gross rent	$1,176	$1,105
Housing units	1,166	3,644
Homeownership rate	82.7%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.0%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Horseheads North	Southport
Population	2,613 → 2,600 (-0.5%)	6,972 → 6,435 (-7.7%)
Median household income	$63,606 → $84,139 (+32.3%)	$49,645 → $62,060 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$160,600 → $206,800 (+28.8%)	$81,500 → $101,200 (+24.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,053 → $1,176 (+11.7%)	$793 → $1,105 (+39.3%)

Horseheads North

Population

2,6132,600

Median household income

$63,606$84,139

Median home value

$160,600$206,800

Median gross rent

$1,053$1,176

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)

	Horseheads North	Southport
Under 5	6.1%	2.6%
5 to 17	15.9%	12.8%
18 to 24	8.6%	6.4%
25 to 34	11.6%	13.9%
35 to 44	11.0%	10.6%
45 to 54	15.2%	8.4%
55 to 64	15.3%	19.2%
65 to 74	11.2%	12.6%
75 and over	5.0%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Horseheads North	Southport
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	91.8%
Black or African American	2.3%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Horseheads North	Southport
No high school diploma	0.3%	8.9%
High school graduate	33.8%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	17.5%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Horseheads North	Southport
Drove alone	86.8%	86.9%
Carpooled	6.2%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	1.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Horseheads North	Southport
1-unit, detached	72.9%	77.6%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Horseheads North	Southport
Poverty rate	4.2%	14.3%
Average household size	2.45	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1970	1955