Horseheads vs Southport

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

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

Horseheads has the higher population (6,494 vs 6,435 in Southport). Southport has the higher median household income ($62,060 vs $59,267 in Horseheads). Horseheads has the higher median home value ($133,400 vs $101,200 in Southport).

Population, income & housing

	Horseheads	Southport
Population	6,494	6,435
Median age	46.0 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$59,267	$62,060
Median home value	$133,400	$101,200
Median gross rent	$1,126	$1,105
Housing units	3,459	3,644
Homeownership rate	62.6%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.4%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Horseheads	Southport
Population	6,446 → 6,494 (+0.7%)	6,972 → 6,435 (-7.7%)
Median household income	$50,443 → $59,267 (+17.5%)	$49,645 → $62,060 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$116,000 → $133,400 (+15.0%)	$81,500 → $101,200 (+24.2%)
Median gross rent	$978 → $1,126 (+15.1%)	$793 → $1,105 (+39.3%)

Horseheads

Population

6,4466,494

Median household income

$50,443$59,267

Median home value

$116,000$133,400

Median gross rent

$978$1,126

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	Southport
Under 5	4.2%	2.6%
5 to 17	11.8%	12.8%
18 to 24	10.1%	6.4%
25 to 34	13.1%	13.9%
35 to 44	10.1%	10.6%
45 to 54	12.8%	8.4%
55 to 64	13.2%	19.2%
65 to 74	11.1%	12.6%
75 and over	13.6%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Horseheads	Southport
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	91.8%
Black or African American	3.2%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.2%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Horseheads	Southport
No high school diploma	3.3%	8.9%
High school graduate	35.4%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Horseheads	Southport
Drove alone	81.2%	86.9%
Carpooled	11.8%	8.8%
Public transit	2.3%	0.4%
Walked	0.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	1.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Horseheads	Southport
1-unit, detached	65.2%	77.6%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	13.0%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	14.5%	2.8%
20 or more units	5.1%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Horseheads	Southport
Poverty rate	10.4%	14.3%
Average household size	1.97	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	16	18
Median year structure built	1958	1955