Scottsboro vs Skyline

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

Scottsboro and Skyline 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 1,011 in Skyline). Scottsboro has the higher median household income ($52,949 vs $40,721 in Skyline). Scottsboro has the higher median home value ($175,700 vs $113,000 in Skyline).

Population, income & housing

	Scottsboro	Skyline
Population	15,641	1,011
Median age	41.3 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,949	$40,721
Median home value	$175,700	$113,000
Median gross rent	$792	$655
Housing units	7,015	442
Homeownership rate	67.5%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	3.0%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Scottsboro	Skyline
Population	14,526 → 15,641 (+7.7%)	870 → 1,011 (+16.2%)
Median household income	$42,651 → $52,949 (+24.1%)	$36,750 → $40,721 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$117,900 → $175,700 (+49.0%)	$80,300 → $113,000 (+40.7%)
Median gross rent	$599 → $792 (+32.2%)	$588 → $655 (+11.4%)

Scottsboro

Population

14,52615,641

Median household income

$42,651$52,949

Median home value

$117,900$175,700

Median gross rent

$599$792

Skyline

Population

8701,011

Median household income

$36,750$40,721

Median home value

$80,300$113,000

Median gross rent

$588$655

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Scottsboro	Skyline
Under 5	4.7%	3.8%
5 to 17	17.7%	9.3%
18 to 24	6.6%	11.1%
25 to 34	13.7%	15.5%
35 to 44	10.1%	10.5%
45 to 54	13.0%	8.5%
55 to 64	11.8%	15.4%
65 to 74	12.3%	21.1%
75 and over	10.1%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Scottsboro	Skyline
White (non-Hispanic)	86.5%	89.1%
Black or African American	5.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.5%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.9%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Scottsboro	Skyline
No high school diploma	12.4%	26.6%
High school graduate	31.9%	51.4%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	19.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Scottsboro	Skyline
Drove alone	87.0%	88.5%
Carpooled	6.4%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	1.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	5.4%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Scottsboro	Skyline
1-unit, detached	74.5%	62.4%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	37.3%

Poverty & households

	Scottsboro	Skyline
Poverty rate	18.3%	19.9%
Average household size	2.40	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	22	28
Median year structure built	1977	1978