Pisgah vs Scottsboro

A side-by-side comparison of Pisgah and Scottsboro: population, income, housing, and more.

Pisgah and Scottsboro are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Scottsboro has the higher population (15,641 vs 1,009 in Pisgah). Pisgah has the higher median household income ($55,385 vs $52,949 in Scottsboro). Scottsboro has the higher median home value ($175,700 vs $143,300 in Pisgah).

Population, income & housing

	Pisgah	Scottsboro
Population	1,009	15,641
Median age	57.2 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,385	$52,949
Median home value	$143,300	$175,700
Median gross rent	$488	$792
Housing units	396	7,015
Homeownership rate	84.4%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.5%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pisgah	Scottsboro
Population	734 → 1,009 (+37.5%)	14,526 → 15,641 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$29,375 → $55,385 (+88.5%)	$42,651 → $52,949 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$106,800 → $143,300 (+34.2%)	$117,900 → $175,700 (+49.0%)
Median gross rent	$391 → $488 (+24.8%)	$599 → $792 (+32.2%)

Pisgah

Population

7341,009

Median household income

$29,375$55,385

Median home value

$106,800$143,300

Median gross rent

$391$488

Scottsboro

Population

14,52615,641

Median household income

$42,651$52,949

Median home value

$117,900$175,700

Median gross rent

$599$792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pisgah	Scottsboro
Under 5	4.9%	4.7%
5 to 17	8.9%	17.7%
18 to 24	8.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	6.9%	13.7%
35 to 44	4.8%	10.1%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.0%
55 to 64	27.8%	11.8%
65 to 74	5.6%	12.3%
75 and over	20.1%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pisgah	Scottsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	86.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.7%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pisgah	Scottsboro
No high school diploma	8.6%	12.4%
High school graduate	43.5%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	17.4%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	24.2%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pisgah	Scottsboro
Drove alone	90.7%	87.0%
Carpooled	4.9%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	5.3%
Other means	0.2%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pisgah	Scottsboro
1-unit, detached	78.5%	74.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	5.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Pisgah	Scottsboro
Poverty rate	17.3%	18.3%
Average household size	2.92	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1985	1977