Scott vs Van Wert

A side-by-side comparison of Scott and Van Wert: population, income, housing, and more.

Scott and Van Wert are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Van Wert has the higher population (10,710 vs 212 in Scott). Scott has the higher median household income ($55,625 vs $53,632 in Van Wert). Van Wert has the higher median home value ($109,700 vs $67,500 in Scott).

Population, income & housing

	Scott	Van Wert
Population	212	10,710
Median age	48.0 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,625	$53,632
Median home value	$67,500	$109,700
Median gross rent	$681	$739
Housing units	109	4,769
Homeownership rate	78.0%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.0%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Scott	Van Wert
Population	298 → 212 (-28.9%)	11,045 → 10,710 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $55,625 (+14.1%)	$44,318 → $53,632 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$59,200 → $67,500 (+14.0%)	$87,600 → $109,700 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $681 (+15.6%)	$671 → $739 (+10.1%)

Scott

Population

298212

Median household income

$48,750$55,625

Median home value

$59,200$67,500

Median gross rent

$589$681

Van Wert

Population

11,04510,710

Median household income

$44,318$53,632

Median home value

$87,600$109,700

Median gross rent

$671$739

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Scott	Van Wert
Under 5	0.0%	7.0%
5 to 17	11.3%	17.4%
18 to 24	9.9%	7.9%
25 to 34	12.7%	11.7%
35 to 44	13.2%	13.6%
45 to 54	22.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	17.0%	12.3%
65 to 74	9.9%	9.7%
75 and over	3.3%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Scott	Van Wert
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	89.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Scott	Van Wert
No high school diploma	4.2%	7.7%
High school graduate	68.3%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Scott	Van Wert
Drove alone	92.6%	84.3%
Carpooled	4.4%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.5%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	1.5%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Scott	Van Wert
1-unit, detached	90.8%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Scott	Van Wert
Poverty rate	9.0%	15.1%
Average household size	2.33	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	24	15
Median year structure built	1959	1956