Earlysville vs Scottsville

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

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

Earlysville has the higher population (1,217 vs 488 in Scottsville). Earlysville has the higher median household income ($143,500 vs $46,563 in Scottsville). Earlysville has the higher median home value ($414,600 vs $242,600 in Scottsville).

Population, income & housing

	Earlysville	Scottsville
Population	1,217	488
Median age	53.7 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$143,500	$46,563
Median home value	$414,600	$242,600
Housing units	482	321
Homeownership rate	96.5%	53.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.5%	32.2%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Earlysville	Scottsville
Population	1,081 → 1,217 (+12.6%)	585 → 488 (-16.6%)
Median household income	$116,616 → $143,500 (+23.1%)	$60,357 → $46,563 (-22.9%)
Median home value	$380,100 → $414,600 (+9.1%)	$206,800 → $242,600 (+17.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$848 → $1,003 (+18.3%)

Earlysville

Population

1,0811,217

Median household income

$116,616$143,500

Median home value

$380,100$414,600

Scottsville

Population

585488

Median household income

$60,357$46,563

Median home value

$206,800$242,600

Median gross rent

$848$1,003

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Earlysville	Scottsville
Under 5	9.6%	3.7%
5 to 17	14.9%	16.6%
18 to 24	4.0%	0.8%
25 to 34	0.8%	13.7%
35 to 44	9.8%	10.5%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.1%
55 to 64	15.6%	17.8%
65 to 74	29.0%	20.3%
75 and over	4.4%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Earlysville	Scottsville
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	75.2%
Black or African American	8.4%	23.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Earlysville	Scottsville
No high school diploma	0.0%	11.4%
High school graduate	11.1%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	13.3%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	59.3%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Earlysville	Scottsville
Drove alone	66.1%	75.8%
Carpooled	1.0%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	15.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.9%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Earlysville	Scottsville
1-unit, detached	100.0%	61.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	15.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Earlysville	Scottsville
Poverty rate	4.8%	14.8%
Average household size	2.52	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	18	31
Median year structure built	1985	1944