Facts for City of Southgate
POPULATION
There are 30,136 people living in 12,836 households within the 6.85 square miles of the city limits. The elevation of the city is 591 feet. Latitude: 42.21 N.; Longitude: 83.20 W.
- The populations median age is 38.5 years of age.
- Median household income: $46,927 (year 2000)
- Median house value: $109,200 (year 2000)
- Median resident age: 38.5 years
- Median household income: $46,927 (year 2000)
- Median house value: $109,200 (year 2000)
RESIDENTIAL MARKET STUDY (9-26-03)
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NEAREST CITIES
- Riverview, MI (2.2 miles)
- Wyandotte, MI (2.5 miles)
- Lincoln Park, MI (2.9 miles)
- Allen Park, MI (3.5 miles)
- Trenton, MI (4.4 miles)
- Ecorse, MI (4.6 miles)
- Taylor, MI (4.9 miles)
- Melvindale, MI (5.4 miles)
AIRPORTS CERTIFIED FOR CARRIER OPERATIONS NEAR SOUTHGATE
- Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County (about 11 miles; DETROIT, MI; ID: DTW)
- Detroit City (about 20 miles; DETROIT, MI; ID: DET)
- Willow Run (about 23 miles; DETROIT, MI; ID: YIP)
OTHER PUBLIC-USE AIRPORTS NEAR SOUTHGATE
Grosse Ile Muni (about 10 miles; DETROIT/GROSSE ILE, MI; ID: ONZ)
HOSPITALS/MEDICAL CENTERS NEAR SOUTHGATE
- Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital (about 2 miles; WYANDOTTE, MI)
- Select Specialty Hospital Wyandotte (about 2 miles; WYANDOTTE, MI)
- Beaumont Hospital Trenton 5450 Fort St. - Trenton, MI
- Beaumont Hospital Taylor 10000 Telegraph - Taylor, MI
- Beaumont Medical Center Southgate 15777 Northline Road - Southgate
- Beaumont Medical Building Wyandotte 1700 Biddle - Wyandotte, MI
TRADE SCHOOLS IN SOUTHGATE
Hair Lab Detroit Barber School 15070 Dix-Toledo Rd - Southgate
COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES WITH OVER 2,000 STUDENTS NEAR SOUTHGATE
- Davenport University Detroit 3031 W Grand Blvd Detroit, MI
- Henry Ford College 5101 Evergreen Rd. Dearborn, MI 48128
- University of Michigan Dearborn 4901 Evergreen Rd Dearborn, MI
- Wayne County Community College District Downriver Campus 21000 Northline Road Taylor, MI
- Wayne State University 42 W. Warren Ave. Detroit, MI
- University of Detroit Mercy 4001 W. McNichols Road Detroit, MI
TOP EMPLOYERS IN THE CITY OF SOUTHGATE
- Meijer
- Southgate Community School District
- American Sunroof
- City of Southgate
- Sam's Club
- National City Bank
INDUSTRIES PROVIDING EMPLOYMENT
Manufacturing (22.5%),Educational, Health and Social Services (16.3%),
Retail Trade (12.0%)
AVERAGE CLIMATE IN SOUTHGATE, MICHIGAN
Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather station
RACES
- White Non-Hispanic (90.9%)
- Hispanic (4.0%)
- Black (2.1%)
- Two or more races (1.2%)
- American Indian (0.9%)
- Other race (0.8%)
- Asian Indian (0.7%)
ANCESTRIES
- German (18.5%),
- Polish (15.2%),
- Irish (15.0%),
- English (8.8%)
- Italian (8.3%),
- French (8.0%)
FOREIGN BORN 5.7%
- 2.9% Europe,
- 1.4% Asia,
- 0.6% North America,
- 0.6% Latin America
FOR POPULATION 25 YEARS AND OVER
- High school or higher: 80.5%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.6%
- Unemployed: 4.9%
- Never married: 23.9%
- Now married: 54.7%
- Separated: 0.9%
- Widowed: 9.0%
- Divorced: 11.6%
Mean travel time to work: 22.8 minutes
Single-family new house construction building permits:
- 1996: 41 buildings, average cost: $170,600
- 1997: 118 buildings, average cost: $153,100
- 1998: 126 buildings, average cost: $163,800
- 1999: 89 buildings, average cost: $151,700
- 2000: 83 buildings, average cost: $153,600
- 2001: 54 buildings, average cost: $170,800
- 2002: 52 buildings, average cost: $156,000
- 2003: 76 buildings, average cost: $92,500
- 2004: 14 buildings, average cost: $122,500