Nilwood vs Scottville

A side-by-side comparison of Nilwood and Scottville: population, income, housing, and more.

Nilwood and Scottville are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Nilwood has the higher population (140 vs 81 in Scottville). Scottville has the higher median household income ($63,500 vs $46,563 in Nilwood). Scottville has the higher median home value ($110,200 vs $44,400 in Nilwood).

Population, income & housing

	Nilwood	Scottville
Population	140	81
Median age	52.0 yrs	61.0 yrs
Median household income	$46,563	$63,500
Median home value	$44,400	$110,200
Median gross rent	—	$450
Housing units	105	69
Homeownership rate	94.9%	54.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	2.7%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	42.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nilwood	Scottville
Population	176 → 140 (-20.5%)	104 → 81 (-22.1%)
Median household income	$45,313 → $46,563 (+2.8%)	$53,462 → $63,500 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$59,400 → $44,400 (-25.3%)	$63,500 → $110,200 (+73.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$392 → $450 (+14.8%)

Nilwood

Population

176140

Median household income

$45,313$46,563

Median home value

$59,400$44,400

Scottville

Population

10481

Median household income

$53,462$63,500

Median home value

$63,500$110,200

Median gross rent

$392$450

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nilwood	Scottville
Under 5	5.7%	1.2%
5 to 17	4.3%	6.2%
18 to 24	15.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.0%	19.8%
35 to 44	10.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	8.6%	14.8%
55 to 64	12.9%	24.7%
65 to 74	14.3%	11.1%
75 and over	19.3%	22.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nilwood	Scottville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	98.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	2.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nilwood	Scottville
No high school diploma	22.9%	6.7%
High school graduate	33.3%	72.0%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	2.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nilwood	Scottville
Drove alone	100.0%	91.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nilwood	Scottville
1-unit, detached	85.7%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	24.6%

Poverty & households

	Nilwood	Scottville
Poverty rate	13.6%	3.9%
Average household size	2.37	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1938	1958