Scottsville vs Waskom

A side-by-side comparison of Scottsville and Waskom: population, income, housing, and more.

Scottsville and Waskom are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Waskom has the higher population (1,862 vs 259 in Scottsville). Waskom has the higher median household income ($54,135 vs $36,324 in Scottsville). Scottsville has the higher median home value ($122,900 vs $91,300 in Waskom).

Population, income & housing

	Scottsville	Waskom
Population	259	1,862
Median age	52.8 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$36,324	$54,135
Median home value	$122,900	$91,300
Median gross rent	$1,679	$1,115
Housing units	133	769
Homeownership rate	92.7%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Scottsville	Waskom
Population	397 → 259 (-34.8%)	1,617 → 1,862 (+15.2%)
Median household income	$48,529 → $36,324 (-25.1%)	$32,188 → $54,135 (+68.2%)
Median home value	$126,100 → $122,900 (-2.5%)	$82,100 → $91,300 (+11.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,208 → $1,679 (+39.0%)	$1,063 → $1,115 (+4.9%)

Scottsville

Population

397259

Median household income

$48,529$36,324

Median home value

$126,100$122,900

Median gross rent

$1,208$1,679

Waskom

Population

1,6171,862

Median household income

$32,188$54,135

Median home value

$82,100$91,300

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,115

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Scottsville	Waskom
Under 5	1.2%	8.9%
5 to 17	19.7%	15.4%
18 to 24	5.8%	7.4%
25 to 34	2.7%	20.7%
35 to 44	9.7%	13.3%
45 to 54	15.4%	5.4%
55 to 64	15.8%	13.7%
65 to 74	17.0%	5.7%
75 and over	12.7%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Scottsville	Waskom
White (non-Hispanic)	39.0%	63.0%
Black or African American	35.9%	16.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.9%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	21.6%	17.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Scottsville	Waskom
No high school diploma	13.7%	16.3%
High school graduate	28.9%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	44.2%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Scottsville	Waskom
Drove alone	81.1%	78.9%
Carpooled	16.0%	18.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	0.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Scottsville	Waskom
1-unit, detached	84.2%	60.3%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	29.1%

Poverty & households

	Scottsville	Waskom
Poverty rate	31.3%	11.9%
Average household size	2.05	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1986	1976