Detroit vs Scotts Mills

A side-by-side comparison of Detroit and Scotts Mills: population, income, housing, and more.

Detroit and Scotts Mills are places in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Scotts Mills has the higher population (376 vs 108 in Detroit). Scotts Mills has the higher median household income ($67,083 vs $59,583 in Detroit). Scotts Mills has the higher median home value ($422,700 vs $307,100 in Detroit).

Population, income & housing

	Detroit	Scotts Mills
Population	108	376
Median age	56.5 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$59,583	$67,083
Median home value	$307,100	$422,700
Median gross rent	$733	$1,234
Housing units	273	124
Homeownership rate	86.9%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Detroit	Scotts Mills
Population	83 → 108 (+30.1%)	393 → 376 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $59,583 (+44.4%)	$51,563 → $67,083 (+30.1%)
Median home value	$173,200 → $307,100 (+77.3%)	$273,000 → $422,700 (+54.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$844 → $1,234 (+46.2%)

Detroit

Population

83108

Median household income

$41,250$59,583

Median home value

$173,200$307,100

Scotts Mills

Population

393376

Median household income

$51,563$67,083

Median home value

$273,000$422,700

Median gross rent

$844$1,234

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Detroit	Scotts Mills
Under 5	0.0%	10.6%
5 to 17	16.7%	17.3%
18 to 24	1.9%	8.8%
25 to 34	2.8%	15.2%
35 to 44	2.8%	9.8%
45 to 54	20.4%	20.5%
55 to 64	25.9%	8.2%
65 to 74	25.9%	7.2%
75 and over	3.7%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Detroit	Scotts Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Detroit	Scotts Mills
No high school diploma	6.8%	17.6%
High school graduate	27.3%	18.1%
Some college or associate's	42.0%	46.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Detroit	Scotts Mills
Drove alone	54.0%	85.7%
Carpooled	6.0%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	14.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.0%	10.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Detroit	Scotts Mills
1-unit, detached	71.8%	65.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.2%	34.7%

Poverty & households

	Detroit	Scotts Mills
Poverty rate	12.0%	4.3%
Average household size	1.77	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	35	24
Median year structure built	1997	1994