Parchment vs Scotts

A side-by-side comparison of Parchment and Scotts: population, income, housing, and more.

Parchment and Scotts are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Parchment has the higher population (2,012 vs 145 in Scotts). Scotts has the higher median household income ($87,667 vs $54,572 in Parchment). Parchment has the higher median home value ($178,400 vs $132,800 in Scotts).

Population, income & housing

	Parchment	Scotts
Population	2,012	145
Median age	30.2 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$54,572	$87,667
Median home value	$178,400	$132,800
Median gross rent	$1,024	—
Housing units	1,002	50
Homeownership rate	56.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	31.2%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parchment	Scotts
Population	1,953 → 2,012 (+3.0%)	114 → 145 (+27.2%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $54,572 (+9.1%)	$30,313 → $87,667 (+189.2%)
Median home value	$121,400 → $178,400 (+47.0%)	$111,100 → $132,800 (+19.5%)
Median gross rent	$754 → $1,024 (+35.8%)	—

Parchment

Population

1,9532,012

Median household income

$50,000$54,572

Median home value

$121,400$178,400

Median gross rent

$754$1,024

Scotts

Population

114145

Median household income

$30,313$87,667

Median home value

$111,100$132,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Parchment	Scotts
Under 5	5.4%	3.4%
5 to 17	15.9%	35.9%
18 to 24	15.1%	7.6%
25 to 34	22.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	14.7%	21.4%
45 to 54	7.1%	6.2%
55 to 64	9.7%	10.3%
65 to 74	4.8%	5.5%
75 and over	5.0%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parchment	Scotts
White (non-Hispanic)	67.2%	42.1%
Black or African American	14.5%	30.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	3.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.2%	27.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parchment	Scotts
No high school diploma	5.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	27.2%	11.7%
Some college or associate's	43.2%	57.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parchment	Scotts
Drove alone	86.6%	40.0%
Carpooled	2.5%	60.0%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parchment	Scotts
1-unit, detached	57.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	19.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Parchment	Scotts
Poverty rate	8.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.21	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1954	1943