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Southport, Florida: commercial real estate data.
Southport is a Census CDP of 873 people across 1.64 square miles of land, in Bay County. 91.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.1 m since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Southport
What Southport is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area1.64 sq mi
- Water area0.23 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land533 plus or minus 172
- County holding the largest share of its areaBay County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Southport
How many people live in Southport
- Population873 plus or minus 281
- Median age47.6 plus or minus 18.4
- Population under 18157 plus or minus 112
- Share under 1818.0 percent plus or minus 11.5
- Population 65 and over276 plus or minus 130
- Share 65 and over31.6 percent plus or minus 10.9
- Households404 plus or minus 120
- Family households250 plus or minus 95
- Share of households that are families61.9 percent plus or minus 14.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Southport
Income and work in Southport
- Per capita income$27,802 plus or minus $7,785
- Civilian labor force404 plus or minus 191
- Employed372 plus or minus 190
- Unemployed32 plus or minus 38
- Unemployment rate7.9 percent plus or minus 8.6
- Adults 25 and over715 plus or minus 214
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher33.0 percent plus or minus 18.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree11.7 percent plus or minus 10.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Southport
Housing in Southport
- Housing units404 plus or minus 120
- Occupied units404 plus or minus 120
- Vacant units0
- Vacancy rate0.0 percent
- Owner occupied369 plus or minus 120
- Renter occupied35 plus or minus 43
- Ownership rate91.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$189,700 plus or minus $132,649
- Single family units321 plus or minus 114
- Share single family79.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more13 plus or minus 27
- Share in buildings of two or more3.2 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Mobile homes56 plus or minus 43
- Median year structure built1980
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Southport
How Southport gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute353 plus or minus 188
- Commuting under 15 minutes12 plus or minus 25
- Share commuting under 15 minutes3.4 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Commuting 30 minutes or more184 plus or minus 114
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more52.1 percent plus or minus 16.7
- Drove alone100.0 percent
- Carpooled0.0 percent
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Southport
SBA loans in Southport (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$1,073,000
- Average approval$1,073,000
- Median approval$1,073,000
- Largest approval$1,073,000
- Jobs supported12
- Jobs per approval12.0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Southport, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 1 loan has reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Southport
SBA loans in Southport (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$812,000
- Average approval$812,000
- Median approval$812,000
- Largest approval$812,000
- Jobs supported2
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Southport, in any county, FY2010 to FY2026. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Bay County, not Southport
Bay County context, not Southport figures
- Establishments in Bay County5,306
- Covered employment, Bay County82,632
- Average annual pay, Bay County$53,407
- Housing units permitted, Bay County2,473
Every figure in this section is published for Bay County as a whole and is not a measurement of Southport.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Southport questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Southport, Florida?
873, in 404 households. Southport CDP covers 1.64 square miles of land, which is 533 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Southport in?
Bay County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
How much SBA lending goes to Southport businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totaling $1.1 m since FY2020, across 1 lenders, median approval $1,073,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $812,000 since FY2010. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Southport, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Southport borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Southport. Only 1 loan has reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Southport figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Bay County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Southport.
Is zoning published for Southport?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.