With 7,264 people, Scotia is a city in New York. There are 4,303 people per square mile. The foreign-born share is 3%. The typical home is worth $189,900, having more than doubled since 2000. 74% of homes are owner-occupied. The poverty rate is 4.9%, under the national 12.5%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $76,525, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 39.1
US median: 38.9
Average education
38% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 28%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Scotia
What changed most since 1990
White share97.0% → 88.5%(−8.6 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Hispanic share0.8% → 3.8%(+3.0 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Homes owned by their occupants67.6% → 74.4%(+6.9 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Scotia's population equals 4.5% of Schenectady County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 1.2% of the county's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 1.7% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)7.6%(13)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)33.5%(57)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era39.4%(67)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War8.8%(15)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 170 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Scotia, decade by decade
Scotia population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
7,359
$77,126
$199,926
22.9%
7.3
2000
7,957
$76,561
$148,829
24.2%
10.7
2010
7,729
$84,771
$205,716
29.0%
15.9
2020
7,272
$81,409
$182,412
37.2%
34.9
2024
7,264
$76,525
$189,900
38.1%
26.5
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
