Scotia vs Spalding

A side-by-side comparison of Scotia and Spalding: population, income, housing, and more.

Scotia and Spalding are places in Nebraska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Scotia has the higher population (412 vs 389 in Spalding). Spalding has the higher median household income ($54,250 vs $51,250 in Scotia). Spalding has the higher median home value ($92,200 vs $89,000 in Scotia).

Population, income & housing

	Scotia	Spalding
Population	412	389
Median age	37.8 yrs	62.3 yrs
Median household income	$51,250	$54,250
Median home value	$89,000	$92,200
Median gross rent	$575	$655
Housing units	210	219
Homeownership rate	76.8%	92.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Scotia	Spalding
Population	329 → 412 (+25.2%)	492 → 389 (-20.9%)
Median household income	$47,679 → $51,250 (+7.5%)	$41,875 → $54,250 (+29.6%)
Median home value	$70,000 → $89,000 (+27.1%)	$52,800 → $92,200 (+74.6%)
Median gross rent	$492 → $575 (+16.9%)	$660 → $655 (-0.8%)

Scotia

Population

329412

Median household income

$47,679$51,250

Median home value

$70,000$89,000

Median gross rent

$492$575

Spalding

Population

492389

Median household income

$41,875$54,250

Median home value

$52,800$92,200

Median gross rent

$660$655

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Scotia	Spalding
Under 5	11.7%	4.4%
5 to 17	7.8%	13.6%
18 to 24	6.8%	2.6%
25 to 34	21.4%	3.3%
35 to 44	12.4%	11.6%
45 to 54	3.2%	6.4%
55 to 64	18.4%	19.8%
65 to 74	11.2%	15.9%
75 and over	7.3%	22.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Scotia	Spalding
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	94.9%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Scotia	Spalding
No high school diploma	11.5%	1.0%
High school graduate	35.9%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Scotia	Spalding
Drove alone	74.4%	66.0%
Carpooled	9.0%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.3%	19.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	6.1%
Other means	0.4%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Scotia	Spalding
1-unit, detached	95.2%	82.2%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Scotia	Spalding
Poverty rate	21.4%	4.8%
Average household size	2.33	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	22	9
Median year structure built	1947	1948