Fayetteville vs Scotland

A side-by-side comparison of Fayetteville and Scotland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fayetteville has the higher population (2,431 vs 1,535 in Scotland). Scotland has the higher median household income ($71,750 vs $52,165 in Fayetteville). Scotland has the higher median home value ($241,700 vs $171,800 in Fayetteville).

Population, income & housing

	Fayetteville	Scotland
Population	2,431	1,535
Median age	49.4 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,165	$71,750
Median home value	$171,800	$241,700
Median gross rent	$961	$857
Housing units	1,315	601
Homeownership rate	76.3%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fayetteville	Scotland
Population	3,047 → 2,431 (-20.2%)	970 → 1,535 (+58.2%)
Median household income	$52,198 → $52,165 (-0.1%)	$59,107 → $71,750 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$151,600 → $171,800 (+13.3%)	$201,400 → $241,700 (+20.0%)
Median gross rent	$884 → $961 (+8.7%)	$975 → $857 (-12.1%)

Fayetteville

Population

3,0472,431

Median household income

$52,198$52,165

Median home value

$151,600$171,800

Median gross rent

$884$961

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)

	Fayetteville	Scotland
Under 5	8.2%	13.9%
5 to 17	12.2%	20.7%
18 to 24	3.4%	2.7%
25 to 34	12.0%	15.2%
35 to 44	8.1%	6.1%
45 to 54	15.7%	13.2%
55 to 64	12.5%	13.5%
65 to 74	14.5%	6.3%
75 and over	13.5%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fayetteville	Scotland
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	88.4%
Black or African American	3.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	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	0.0%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fayetteville	Scotland
No high school diploma	8.8%	6.5%
High school graduate	49.7%	46.0%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fayetteville	Scotland
Drove alone	92.1%	65.8%
Carpooled	4.7%	5.4%
Public transit	0.2%	1.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	27.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fayetteville	Scotland
1-unit, detached	88.7%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	21.1%

Poverty & households

	Fayetteville	Scotland
Poverty rate	5.7%	11.0%
Average household size	1.92	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1960	1980