Mont Alto vs Scotland

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

Mont Alto 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 1,531 in Mont Alto). Mont Alto has the higher median household income ($74,722 vs $71,750 in Scotland). Scotland has the higher median home value ($241,700 vs $188,000 in Mont Alto).

Population, income & housing

	Mont Alto	Scotland
Population	1,531	1,535
Median age	38.9 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$74,722	$71,750
Median home value	$188,000	$241,700
Median gross rent	$1,291	$857
Housing units	634	601
Homeownership rate	73.2%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mont Alto	Scotland
Population	1,783 → 1,531 (-14.1%)	970 → 1,535 (+58.2%)
Median household income	$62,159 → $74,722 (+20.2%)	$59,107 → $71,750 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$142,600 → $188,000 (+31.8%)	$201,400 → $241,700 (+20.0%)
Median gross rent	$986 → $1,291 (+30.9%)	$975 → $857 (-12.1%)

Mont Alto

Population

1,7831,531

Median household income

$62,159$74,722

Median home value

$142,600$188,000

Median gross rent

$986$1,291

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)

	Mont Alto	Scotland
Under 5	4.5%	13.9%
5 to 17	6.8%	20.7%
18 to 24	19.1%	2.7%
25 to 34	14.9%	15.2%
35 to 44	11.0%	6.1%
45 to 54	14.4%	13.2%
55 to 64	12.0%	13.5%
65 to 74	9.7%	6.3%
75 and over	7.4%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mont Alto	Scotland
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	88.4%
Black or African American	1.6%	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	2.6%	1.2%
Two or more races	7.8%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mont Alto	Scotland
No high school diploma	12.6%	6.5%
High school graduate	44.3%	46.0%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mont Alto	Scotland
Drove alone	84.0%	65.8%
Carpooled	6.9%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	27.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mont Alto	Scotland
1-unit, detached	68.8%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	14.4%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	21.1%

Poverty & households

	Mont Alto	Scotland
Poverty rate	12.9%	11.0%
Average household size	2.31	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1969	1980