Scott vs Youngsville

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

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

Youngsville has the higher population (16,664 vs 8,348 in Scott). Youngsville has the higher median household income ($113,164 vs $54,220 in Scott). Youngsville has the higher median home value ($263,200 vs $155,700 in Scott).

Population, income & housing

	Scott	Youngsville
Population	8,348	16,664
Median age	45.6 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$54,220	$113,164
Median home value	$155,700	$263,200
Median gross rent	$1,002	$1,318
Housing units	4,205	5,854
Homeownership rate	75.0%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	37.3%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Scott	Youngsville
Population	8,729 → 8,348 (-4.4%)	13,407 → 16,664 (+24.3%)
Median household income	$54,551 → $54,220 (-0.6%)	$89,038 → $113,164 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$137,600 → $155,700 (+13.2%)	$222,800 → $263,200 (+18.1%)
Median gross rent	$841 → $1,002 (+19.1%)	$1,150 → $1,318 (+14.6%)

Scott

Population

8,7298,348

Median household income

$54,551$54,220

Median home value

$137,600$155,700

Median gross rent

$841$1,002

Youngsville

Population

13,40716,664

Median household income

$89,038$113,164

Median home value

$222,800$263,200

Median gross rent

$1,150$1,318

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Scott	Youngsville
Under 5	1.4%	7.4%
5 to 17	14.8%	26.2%
18 to 24	9.0%	3.1%
25 to 34	9.7%	16.1%
35 to 44	14.5%	18.8%
45 to 54	13.3%	10.5%
55 to 64	16.8%	7.3%
65 to 74	14.2%	6.8%
75 and over	6.2%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Scott	Youngsville
White (non-Hispanic)	75.6%	84.1%
Black or African American	12.6%	11.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Scott	Youngsville
No high school diploma	13.5%	4.5%
High school graduate	39.4%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	26.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Scott	Youngsville
Drove alone	84.4%	83.8%
Carpooled	7.4%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	10.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Scott	Youngsville
1-unit, detached	75.5%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.8%	13.7%

Poverty & households

	Scott	Youngsville
Poverty rate	15.1%	9.8%
Average household size	2.08	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1987	2011