Richland vs Scotts

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

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

Richland has the higher population (1,014 vs 145 in Scotts). Scotts has the higher median household income ($87,667 vs $84,333 in Richland). Richland has the higher median home value ($248,400 vs $132,800 in Scotts).

Population, income & housing

	Richland	Scotts
Population	1,014	145
Median age	39.5 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$84,333	$87,667
Median home value	$248,400	$132,800
Median gross rent	$1,292	—
Housing units	385	50
Homeownership rate	79.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.2%	31.2%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Richland	Scotts
Population	772 → 1,014 (+31.3%)	114 → 145 (+27.2%)
Median household income	$74,219 → $84,333 (+13.6%)	$30,313 → $87,667 (+189.2%)
Median home value	$184,100 → $248,400 (+34.9%)	$111,100 → $132,800 (+19.5%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $1,292 (+52.0%)	—

Richland

Population

7721,014

Median household income

$74,219$84,333

Median home value

$184,100$248,400

Median gross rent

$850$1,292

Scotts

Population

114145

Median household income

$30,313$87,667

Median home value

$111,100$132,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Richland	Scotts
Under 5	5.5%	3.4%
5 to 17	18.4%	35.9%
18 to 24	10.3%	7.6%
25 to 34	9.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.3%	21.4%
45 to 54	10.5%	6.2%
55 to 64	10.0%	10.3%
65 to 74	11.3%	5.5%
75 and over	12.6%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Richland	Scotts
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	42.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	30.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	27.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Richland	Scotts
No high school diploma	2.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	21.0%	11.7%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	57.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.5%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	18.7%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Richland	Scotts
Drove alone	71.9%	40.0%
Carpooled	6.1%	60.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.4%	0.0%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Richland	Scotts
1-unit, detached	72.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	13.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Richland	Scotts
Poverty rate	9.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.68	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1992	1943