Fountain vs Scottville

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

Fountain 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 229 in Fountain). Scottville has the higher median household income ($47,955 vs $47,500 in Fountain). Scottville has the higher median home value ($120,400 vs $100,000 in Fountain).

Population, income & housing

	Fountain	Scottville
Population	229	1,359
Median age	34.6 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$47,955
Median home value	$100,000	$120,400
Median gross rent	$1,094	$763
Housing units	87	550
Homeownership rate	82.9%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountain	Scottville
Population	202 → 229 (+13.4%)	1,194 → 1,359 (+13.8%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $47,500 (-11.6%)	$42,083 → $47,955 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$56,800 → $100,000 (+76.1%)	$82,400 → $120,400 (+46.1%)
Median gross rent	$983 → $1,094 (+11.3%)	$664 → $763 (+14.9%)

Fountain

Population

202229

Median household income

$53,750$47,500

Median home value

$56,800$100,000

Median gross rent

$983$1,094

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)

	Fountain	Scottville
Under 5	7.9%	8.2%
5 to 17	29.7%	15.5%
18 to 24	6.6%	13.2%
25 to 34	6.6%	14.1%
35 to 44	16.2%	8.7%
45 to 54	8.7%	15.5%
55 to 64	7.0%	10.0%
65 to 74	11.8%	9.6%
75 and over	5.7%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountain	Scottville
White (non-Hispanic)	78.2%	84.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	20.1%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountain	Scottville
No high school diploma	5.5%	15.6%
High school graduate	46.1%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	2.3%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountain	Scottville
Drove alone	77.9%	80.7%
Carpooled	16.9%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.6%
Other means	2.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fountain	Scottville
1-unit, detached	87.4%	61.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	23.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	12.6%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Fountain	Scottville
Poverty rate	47.8%	25.6%
Average household size	3.27	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1960	1961