Custer vs Scottville

A side-by-side comparison of Custer and Scottville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Scottville has the higher population (1,359 vs 289 in Custer). Custer has the higher median household income ($66,875 vs $47,955 in Scottville). Scottville has the higher median home value ($120,400 vs $100,000 in Custer).

Population, income & housing

	Custer	Scottville
Population	289	1,359
Median age	35.8 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$66,875	$47,955
Median home value	$100,000	$120,400
Median gross rent	$738	$763
Housing units	121	550
Homeownership rate	88.5%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Custer	Scottville
Population	289 → 289 (+0.0%)	1,194 → 1,359 (+13.8%)
Median household income	$44,000 → $66,875 (+52.0%)	$42,083 → $47,955 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$89,200 → $100,000 (+12.1%)	$82,400 → $120,400 (+46.1%)
Median gross rent	$800 → $738 (-7.8%)	$664 → $763 (+14.9%)

Custer

Population

289289

Median household income

$44,000$66,875

Median home value

$89,200$100,000

Median gross rent

$800$738

Scottville

Population

1,1941,359

Median household income

$42,083$47,955

Median home value

$82,400$120,400

Median gross rent

$664$763

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Custer	Scottville
Under 5	2.4%	8.2%
5 to 17	24.2%	15.5%
18 to 24	13.5%	13.2%
25 to 34	9.0%	14.1%
35 to 44	10.4%	8.7%
45 to 54	15.2%	15.5%
55 to 64	10.4%	10.0%
65 to 74	4.8%	9.6%
75 and over	10.0%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Custer	Scottville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	84.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
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%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.7%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Custer	Scottville
No high school diploma	9.8%	15.6%
High school graduate	43.4%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Custer	Scottville
Drove alone	82.0%	80.7%
Carpooled	10.1%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	8.6%
Other means	1.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Custer	Scottville
1-unit, detached	89.3%	61.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	23.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Custer	Scottville
Poverty rate	11.3%	25.6%
Average household size	2.51	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1955	1961