With 510 people, Scottsville is a city in Virginia. That trails the Virginia median by roughly 57%. At a median age of 44.2, this is an older place than the country as a whole. The foreign-born share is 1%. Median household income is $40,417, under the $82,259 national median. 21.8% of people here live below the federal poverty line.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $40,417, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 44.2
US median: 38.9
Average education
36% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 74%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Scottsville
What changed most since 1990
Black share0.4% → 24.9%(+24.5 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Homes owned by their occupants40.4% → 57.5%(+17.1 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Poverty rate10.6% → 21.8%(+11.2 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
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)15.4%(6)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)7.7%(3)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era79.5%(31)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 39 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
Scottsville, decade by decade
Scottsville 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
264
$48,001
$163,925
16.4%
5.6
2000
555
$56,295
$177,611
23.9%
16.2
2010
566
$42,438
$394,600
30.6%
23.3
2020
524
$75,247
$293,798
34.6%
38.2
2024
510
$40,417
$309,600
35.6%
50.4
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.
