Mercersburg vs Scotland

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

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

Mercersburg has the higher population (1,940 vs 1,535 in Scotland). Scotland has the higher median household income ($71,750 vs $69,583 in Mercersburg). Scotland has the higher median home value ($241,700 vs $210,400 in Mercersburg).

Population, income & housing

	Mercersburg	Scotland
Population	1,940	1,535
Median age	46.3 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$69,583	$71,750
Median home value	$210,400	$241,700
Median gross rent	$784	$857
Housing units	879	601
Homeownership rate	59.3%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mercersburg	Scotland
Population	1,633 → 1,940 (+18.8%)	970 → 1,535 (+58.2%)
Median household income	$51,597 → $69,583 (+34.9%)	$59,107 → $71,750 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$175,300 → $210,400 (+20.0%)	$201,400 → $241,700 (+20.0%)
Median gross rent	$783 → $784 (+0.1%)	$975 → $857 (-12.1%)

Mercersburg

Population

1,6331,940

Median household income

$51,597$69,583

Median home value

$175,300$210,400

Median gross rent

$783$784

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)

	Mercersburg	Scotland
Under 5	5.3%	13.9%
5 to 17	12.8%	20.7%
18 to 24	7.7%	2.7%
25 to 34	13.2%	15.2%
35 to 44	10.3%	6.1%
45 to 54	14.6%	13.2%
55 to 64	17.7%	13.5%
65 to 74	8.0%	6.3%
75 and over	10.4%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mercersburg	Scotland
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	88.4%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	3.7%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mercersburg	Scotland
No high school diploma	11.3%	6.5%
High school graduate	48.6%	46.0%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mercersburg	Scotland
Drove alone	76.1%	65.8%
Carpooled	8.1%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	9.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	27.1%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mercersburg	Scotland
1-unit, detached	59.2%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	13.3%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	15.6%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.2%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	21.1%

Poverty & households

	Mercersburg	Scotland
Poverty rate	10.4%	11.0%
Average household size	2.39	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1948	1980