One downside of living in South Gate, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.87 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead.
For the size of the city, public transportation in South Gate is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the bus. For South Gate, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.
In South Gate, just 11.52% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in South Gate in 2022 was $22,927, which is low income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $91,708 for a family of four. However, South Gate contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
South Gate is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call South Gate home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in South Gate, accounting for 95.25% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of South Gate residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in South Gate include Italian, English, German, Irish, and French.
In addition, South Gate has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (41.61%).
The most common language spoken in South Gate is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Tagalog.
