Pen Mar vs Scotland

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

Pen Mar 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 1,338 in Pen Mar). Pen Mar has the higher median household income ($117,010 vs $71,750 in Scotland). Pen Mar has the higher median home value ($264,100 vs $241,700 in Scotland).

Population, income & housing

	Pen Mar	Scotland
Population	1,338	1,535
Median age	35.3 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$117,010	$71,750
Median home value	$264,100	$241,700
Median gross rent	—	$857
Housing units	446	601
Homeownership rate	96.0%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.4%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pen Mar	Scotland
Population	1,025 → 1,338 (+30.5%)	970 → 1,535 (+58.2%)
Median household income	$76,786 → $117,010 (+52.4%)	$59,107 → $71,750 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$208,800 → $264,100 (+26.5%)	$201,400 → $241,700 (+20.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$975 → $857 (-12.1%)

Pen Mar

Population

1,0251,338

Median household income

$76,786$117,010

Median home value

$208,800$264,100

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)

	Pen Mar	Scotland
Under 5	8.1%	13.9%
5 to 17	27.1%	20.7%
18 to 24	2.7%	2.7%
25 to 34	9.0%	15.2%
35 to 44	24.1%	6.1%
45 to 54	12.6%	13.2%
55 to 64	7.9%	13.5%
65 to 74	4.3%	6.3%
75 and over	4.2%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pen Mar	Scotland
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	88.4%
Black or African American	3.1%	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	10.4%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pen Mar	Scotland
No high school diploma	13.4%	6.5%
High school graduate	36.7%	46.0%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pen Mar	Scotland
Drove alone	70.7%	65.8%
Carpooled	11.8%	5.4%
Public transit	0.5%	1.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	27.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pen Mar	Scotland
1-unit, detached	95.1%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	21.1%

Poverty & households

	Pen Mar	Scotland
Poverty rate	1.0%	11.0%
Average household size	3.16	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1980	1980