Duanesburg vs Scotia

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

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

Scotia has the higher population (7,260 vs 145 in Duanesburg). Duanesburg has the higher median household income ($74,853 vs $74,185 in Scotia). Duanesburg has the higher median home value ($231,600 vs $182,800 in Scotia).

Population, income & housing

	Duanesburg	Scotia
Population	145	7,260
Median age	44.0 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$74,853	$74,185
Median home value	$231,600	$182,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,064
Housing units	82	3,540
Homeownership rate	79.3%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.0%	36.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duanesburg	Scotia
Population	361 → 145 (-59.8%)	7,667 → 7,260 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$120,461 → $74,853 (-37.9%)	$57,368 → $74,185 (+29.3%)
Median home value	$222,100 → $231,600 (+4.3%)	$142,700 → $182,800 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$907 → $1,064 (+17.3%)

Duanesburg

Population

361145

Median household income

$120,461$74,853

Median home value

$222,100$231,600

Scotia

Population

7,6677,260

Median household income

$57,368$74,185

Median home value

$142,700$182,800

Median gross rent

$907$1,064

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Duanesburg	Scotia
Under 5	0.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	16.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	7.6%	16.7%
35 to 44	42.8%	12.9%
45 to 54	0.0%	15.7%
55 to 64	6.9%	8.6%
65 to 74	22.1%	10.0%
75 and over	20.7%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duanesburg	Scotia
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	89.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duanesburg	Scotia
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.5%
High school graduate	6.2%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	62.8%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	22.1%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duanesburg	Scotia
Drove alone	61.9%	68.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	38.1%	15.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duanesburg	Scotia
1-unit, detached	95.1%	61.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	16.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Duanesburg	Scotia
Poverty rate	0.0%	3.6%
Average household size	1.77	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	—	23
Median year structure built	1972	1943