Blocher vs Scottsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Blocher and Scottsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

Blocher and Scottsburg are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Scottsburg has the higher population (7,338 vs 63 in Blocher). Since 2019, Scottsburg's population has grown faster (+9.5% vs -7.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Blocher	Scottsburg
Population	63	7,338
Median age	17.7 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$38,027
Median home value	—	$123,900
Median gross rent	—	$786
Housing units	113	3,475
Homeownership rate	100.0%	54.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	—	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blocher	Scottsburg
Population	68 → 63 (-7.4%)	6,702 → 7,338 (+9.5%)
Median household income	—	$42,064 → $38,027 (-9.6%)
Median home value	—	$101,200 → $123,900 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$814 → $786 (-3.4%)

Blocher

Population

6863

Scottsburg

Population

6,7027,338

Median household income

$42,064$38,027

Median home value

$101,200$123,900

Median gross rent

$814$786

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blocher	Scottsburg
Under 5	0.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	60.3%	16.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	17.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	11.4%
45 to 54	0.0%	10.4%
55 to 64	0.0%	11.1%
65 to 74	39.7%	11.1%
75 and over	0.0%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blocher	Scottsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	88.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blocher	Scottsburg
No high school diploma	0.0%	18.0%
High school graduate	48.0%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	52.0%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blocher	Scottsburg
Drove alone	—	86.8%
Carpooled	—	7.6%
Public transit	—	0.0%
Walked	—	1.1%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	4.5%
Other means	—	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blocher	Scottsburg
1-unit, detached	39.8%	56.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	60.2%	12.5%

Poverty & households

	Blocher	Scottsburg
Poverty rate	0.0%	24.0%
Average household size	5.25	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	1984	1983