Ludington vs Scottville

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

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

Ludington has the higher population (7,664 vs 1,359 in Scottville). Scottville has the higher median household income ($47,955 vs $44,471 in Ludington). Ludington has the higher median home value ($192,800 vs $120,400 in Scottville).

Population, income & housing

	Ludington	Scottville
Population	7,664	1,359
Median age	43.8 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$44,471	$47,955
Median home value	$192,800	$120,400
Median gross rent	$824	$763
Housing units	4,476	550
Homeownership rate	58.9%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ludington	Scottville
Population	8,069 → 7,664 (-5.0%)	1,194 → 1,359 (+13.8%)
Median household income	$45,302 → $44,471 (-1.8%)	$42,083 → $47,955 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$124,400 → $192,800 (+55.0%)	$82,400 → $120,400 (+46.1%)
Median gross rent	$665 → $824 (+23.9%)	$664 → $763 (+14.9%)

Ludington

Population

8,0697,664

Median household income

$45,302$44,471

Median home value

$124,400$192,800

Median gross rent

$665$824

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)

	Ludington	Scottville
Under 5	5.0%	8.2%
5 to 17	17.3%	15.5%
18 to 24	5.7%	13.2%
25 to 34	12.3%	14.1%
35 to 44	10.3%	8.7%
45 to 54	8.0%	15.5%
55 to 64	11.7%	10.0%
65 to 74	17.0%	9.6%
75 and over	12.6%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ludington	Scottville
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	84.0%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.9%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ludington	Scottville
No high school diploma	6.3%	15.6%
High school graduate	34.2%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ludington	Scottville
Drove alone	68.0%	80.7%
Carpooled	17.1%	4.7%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	8.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ludington	Scottville
1-unit, detached	57.4%	61.3%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	13.0%	23.1%
20 or more units	10.6%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Ludington	Scottville
Poverty rate	23.3%	25.6%
Average household size	2.09	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	15	19
Median year structure built	1959	1961