Blue Ridge Summit vs Scotland

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Ridge Summit and Scotland: population, income, housing, and more.

Blue Ridge Summit and Scotland are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Scotland has the higher population (1,535 vs 1,016 in Blue Ridge Summit). Scotland has the higher median household income ($71,750 vs $57,857 in Blue Ridge Summit). Blue Ridge Summit has the higher median home value ($284,100 vs $241,700 in Scotland).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Ridge Summit	Scotland
Population	1,016	1,535
Median age	42.4 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,857	$71,750
Median home value	$284,100	$241,700
Median gross rent	$842	$857
Housing units	481	601
Homeownership rate	46.7%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Ridge Summit	Scotland
Population	672 → 1,016 (+51.2%)	970 → 1,535 (+58.2%)
Median household income	$38,713 → $57,857 (+49.5%)	$59,107 → $71,750 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$173,400 → $284,100 (+63.8%)	$201,400 → $241,700 (+20.0%)
Median gross rent	$648 → $842 (+29.9%)	$975 → $857 (-12.1%)

Blue Ridge Summit

Population

6721,016

Median household income

$38,713$57,857

Median home value

$173,400$284,100

Median gross rent

$648$842

Scotland

Population

9701,535

Median household income

$59,107$71,750

Median home value

$201,400$241,700

Median gross rent

$975$857

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Ridge Summit	Scotland
Under 5	1.9%	13.9%
5 to 17	23.2%	20.7%
18 to 24	9.5%	2.7%
25 to 34	8.4%	15.2%
35 to 44	9.7%	6.1%
45 to 54	8.3%	13.2%
55 to 64	14.4%	13.5%
65 to 74	18.3%	6.3%
75 and over	6.3%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Ridge Summit	Scotland
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	88.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Ridge Summit	Scotland
No high school diploma	10.1%	6.5%
High school graduate	18.7%	46.0%
Some college or associate's	53.3%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Ridge Summit	Scotland
Drove alone	70.4%	65.8%
Carpooled	5.8%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.9%	27.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Ridge Summit	Scotland
1-unit, detached	41.2%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	38.5%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	21.1%

Poverty & households

	Blue Ridge Summit	Scotland
Poverty rate	1.7%	11.0%
Average household size	2.25	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	16	28
Median year structure built	1966	1980