Pittsford vs Scottsville

A side-by-side comparison of Pittsford and Scottsville: population, income, housing, and more.

Pittsford and Scottsville are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Scottsville has the higher population (2,425 vs 1,702 in Pittsford). Pittsford has the higher median household income ($136,429 vs $74,813 in Scottsville). Pittsford has the higher median home value ($337,000 vs $163,600 in Scottsville).

Population, income & housing

	Pittsford	Scottsville
Population	1,702	2,425
Median age	40.2 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$136,429	$74,813
Median home value	$337,000	$163,600
Median gross rent	$1,619	$1,087
Housing units	723	1,059
Homeownership rate	75.9%	72.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.6%	37.3%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pittsford	Scottsville
Population	1,716 → 1,702 (-0.8%)	1,921 → 2,425 (+26.2%)
Median household income	$105,096 → $136,429 (+29.8%)	$67,500 → $74,813 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$248,200 → $337,000 (+35.8%)	$128,400 → $163,600 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,210 → $1,619 (+33.8%)	$1,036 → $1,087 (+4.9%)

Pittsford

Population

1,7161,702

Median household income

$105,096$136,429

Median home value

$248,200$337,000

Median gross rent

$1,210$1,619

Scottsville

Population

1,9212,425

Median household income

$67,500$74,813

Median home value

$128,400$163,600

Median gross rent

$1,036$1,087

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pittsford	Scottsville
Under 5	7.9%	8.1%
5 to 17	16.8%	10.2%
18 to 24	6.6%	9.7%
25 to 34	8.0%	15.2%
35 to 44	16.7%	14.0%
45 to 54	12.3%	8.3%
55 to 64	17.7%	17.0%
65 to 74	6.7%	11.0%
75 and over	7.3%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pittsford	Scottsville
White (non-Hispanic)	82.5%	91.7%
Black or African American	2.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	11.5%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pittsford	Scottsville
No high school diploma	0.3%	3.7%
High school graduate	7.0%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	16.2%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	33.6%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	43.0%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pittsford	Scottsville
Drove alone	67.3%	82.6%
Carpooled	3.8%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	2.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.7%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pittsford	Scottsville
1-unit, detached	81.3%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pittsford	Scottsville
Poverty rate	2.0%	10.4%
Average household size	2.45	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1938	1958