Avon vs Scotland

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

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

Scotland has the higher population (800 vs 673 in Avon). Scotland has the higher median household income ($61,406 vs $57,727 in Avon). Scotland has the higher median home value ($110,000 vs $83,600 in Avon).

Population, income & housing

	Avon	Scotland
Population	673	800
Median age	34.8 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$57,727	$61,406
Median home value	$83,600	$110,000
Median gross rent	$603	$573
Housing units	237	406
Homeownership rate	82.0%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	29.0%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avon	Scotland
Population	772 → 673 (-12.8%)	659 → 800 (+21.4%)
Median household income	$47,813 → $57,727 (+20.7%)	$40,313 → $61,406 (+52.3%)
Median home value	$73,800 → $83,600 (+13.3%)	$62,600 → $110,000 (+75.7%)
Median gross rent	$542 → $603 (+11.3%)	$439 → $573 (+30.5%)

Avon

Population

772673

Median household income

$47,813$57,727

Median home value

$73,800$83,600

Median gross rent

$542$603

Scotland

Population

659800

Median household income

$40,313$61,406

Median home value

$62,600$110,000

Median gross rent

$439$573

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avon	Scotland
Under 5	5.5%	7.2%
5 to 17	35.1%	16.0%
18 to 24	0.1%	4.8%
25 to 34	10.1%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.4%	12.3%
45 to 54	6.4%	7.9%
55 to 64	11.9%	14.8%
65 to 74	11.0%	9.9%
75 and over	8.5%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avon	Scotland
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	98.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.2%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avon	Scotland
No high school diploma	10.0%	7.5%
High school graduate	23.8%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	45.9%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	24.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avon	Scotland
Drove alone	87.7%	74.9%
Carpooled	6.6%	14.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	7.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	1.2%	0.9%
Other means	2.9%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avon	Scotland
1-unit, detached	85.7%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Avon	Scotland
Poverty rate	41.3%	16.4%
Average household size	2.95	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	28	17
Median year structure built	1957	1959