Mascoutah vs Scott AFB

A side-by-side comparison of Mascoutah and Scott AFB: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mascoutah has the higher population (8,743 vs 4,195 in Scott AFB). Mascoutah has the higher median household income ($93,902 vs $91,115 in Scott AFB). Since 2019, Scott AFB's population has grown faster (+45.0% vs +6.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Mascoutah	Scott AFB
Population	8,743	4,195
Median age	36.6 yrs	26.2 yrs
Median household income	$93,902	$91,115
Median home value	$226,300	—
Median gross rent	$1,235	$1,640
Housing units	3,162	1,371
Homeownership rate	66.7%	2.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.0%	30.7%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mascoutah	Scott AFB
Population	8,245 → 8,743 (+6.0%)	2,893 → 4,195 (+45.0%)
Median household income	$78,468 → $93,902 (+19.7%)	$60,660 → $91,115 (+50.2%)
Median home value	$173,200 → $226,300 (+30.7%)	—
Median gross rent	$993 → $1,235 (+24.4%)	$1,441 → $1,640 (+13.8%)

Mascoutah

Population

8,2458,743

Median household income

$78,468$93,902

Median home value

$173,200$226,300

Median gross rent

$993$1,235

Scott AFB

Population

2,8934,195

Median household income

$60,660$91,115

Median gross rent

$1,441$1,640

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mascoutah	Scott AFB
Under 5	7.5%	13.1%
5 to 17	18.1%	27.9%
18 to 24	9.0%	3.9%
25 to 34	12.5%	24.2%
35 to 44	15.8%	18.9%
45 to 54	12.7%	6.3%
55 to 64	12.2%	4.8%
65 to 74	7.0%	0.7%
75 and over	5.3%	0.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mascoutah	Scott AFB
White (non-Hispanic)	77.8%	61.8%
Black or African American	4.1%	15.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.2%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mascoutah	Scott AFB
No high school diploma	4.0%	5.8%
High school graduate	26.6%	12.3%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	51.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mascoutah	Scott AFB
Drove alone	75.5%	83.1%
Carpooled	11.5%	5.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	2.2%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	10.0%	5.8%
Other means	0.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mascoutah	Scott AFB
1-unit, detached	80.0%	15.9%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	70.2%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	2.2%
20 or more units	3.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mascoutah	Scott AFB
Poverty rate	11.0%	5.8%
Average household size	2.88	3.18
Mean commute (minutes)	23	13
Median year structure built	1986	1994