Lumber City vs Scotland

A side-by-side comparison of Lumber City and Scotland: population, income, housing, and more.

Lumber City and Scotland are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lumber City has the higher population (1,113 vs 253 in Scotland). Scotland has the higher median household income ($59,750 vs $31,927 in Lumber City). Since 2019, Lumber City's population has grown faster (-21.7% vs -35.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Lumber City	Scotland
Population	1,113	253
Median age	34.4 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$31,927	$59,750
Median gross rent	$444	—
Housing units	443	108
Homeownership rate	49.8%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.9%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lumber City	Scotland
Population	1,421 → 1,113 (-21.7%)	394 → 253 (-35.8%)
Median household income	$30,438 → $31,927 (+4.9%)	$34,286 → $59,750 (+74.3%)
Median home value	$57,000 → $39,200 (-31.2%)	$61,900 → $116,300 (+87.9%)
Median gross rent	$517 → $444 (-14.1%)	$498 → $527 (+5.8%)

Lumber City

Population

1,4211,113

Median household income

$30,438$31,927

Median home value

$57,000$39,200

Median gross rent

$517$444

Scotland

Population

394253

Median household income

$34,286$59,750

Median home value

$61,900$116,300

Median gross rent

$498$527

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lumber City	Scotland
Under 5	2.1%	4.7%
5 to 17	24.0%	34.0%
18 to 24	18.4%	1.2%
25 to 34	5.8%	15.0%
35 to 44	9.0%	9.1%
45 to 54	8.8%	11.1%
55 to 64	10.2%	13.4%
65 to 74	11.2%	11.5%
75 and over	10.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lumber City	Scotland
White (non-Hispanic)	27.8%	95.3%
Black or African American	55.4%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lumber City	Scotland
No high school diploma	18.9%	10.5%
High school graduate	53.1%	51.3%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lumber City	Scotland
Drove alone	95.3%	77.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	19.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.3%
Other means	3.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lumber City	Scotland
1-unit, detached	52.8%	63.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	35.7%	36.1%

Poverty & households

	Lumber City	Scotland
Poverty rate	24.7%	5.1%
Average household size	3.57	3.67
Mean commute (minutes)	29	42
Median year structure built	1984	1979