Melbourne Village vs Scottsmoor

A side-by-side comparison of Melbourne Village and Scottsmoor: population, income, housing, and more.

Melbourne Village and Scottsmoor are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Scottsmoor has the higher population (791 vs 753 in Melbourne Village). Melbourne Village has the higher median household income ($93,846 vs $55,433 in Scottsmoor). Melbourne Village has the higher median home value ($348,600 vs $275,400 in Scottsmoor).

Population, income & housing

	Melbourne Village	Scottsmoor
Population	753	791
Median age	59.5 yrs	50.7 yrs
Median household income	$93,846	$55,433
Median home value	$348,600	$275,400
Median gross rent	$1,167	—
Housing units	370	318
Homeownership rate	91.1%	90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.0%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melbourne Village	Scottsmoor
Population	814 → 753 (-7.5%)	867 → 791 (-8.8%)
Median household income	$66,250 → $93,846 (+41.7%)	$51,458 → $55,433 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$250,000 → $348,600 (+39.4%)	$175,000 → $275,400 (+57.4%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $1,167 (+22.8%)	—

Melbourne Village

Population

814753

Median household income

$66,250$93,846

Median home value

$250,000$348,600

Median gross rent

$950$1,167

Scottsmoor

Population

867791

Median household income

$51,458$55,433

Median home value

$175,000$275,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melbourne Village	Scottsmoor
Under 5	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.2%	8.6%
18 to 24	5.4%	8.5%
25 to 34	8.5%	13.0%
35 to 44	6.9%	15.0%
45 to 54	9.2%	15.0%
55 to 64	15.8%	7.0%
65 to 74	21.0%	27.8%
75 and over	20.1%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melbourne Village	Scottsmoor
White (non-Hispanic)	80.9%	98.5%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melbourne Village	Scottsmoor
No high school diploma	4.7%	8.1%
High school graduate	12.4%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	28.9%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	26.1%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melbourne Village	Scottsmoor
Drove alone	77.9%	79.2%
Carpooled	2.0%	12.0%
Public transit	3.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.2%	8.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melbourne Village	Scottsmoor
1-unit, detached	95.9%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Melbourne Village	Scottsmoor
Poverty rate	9.4%	17.4%
Average household size	2.40	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1961	1983