Esmont vs Scottsville

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

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

Scottsville has the higher population (488 vs 413 in Esmont). Esmont has the higher median household income ($47,273 vs $46,563 in Scottsville). Scottsville has the higher median home value ($242,600 vs $222,200 in Esmont).

Population, income & housing

	Esmont	Scottsville
Population	413	488
Median age	41.5 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$47,273	$46,563
Median home value	$222,200	$242,600
Housing units	223	321
Homeownership rate	79.6%	53.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	32.2%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Esmont	Scottsville
Population	828 → 413 (-50.1%)	585 → 488 (-16.6%)
Median household income	$52,708 → $47,273 (-10.3%)	$60,357 → $46,563 (-22.9%)
Median home value	$169,500 → $222,200 (+31.1%)	$206,800 → $242,600 (+17.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$848 → $1,003 (+18.3%)

Esmont

Population

828413

Median household income

$52,708$47,273

Median home value

$169,500$222,200

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)

	Esmont	Scottsville
Under 5	13.6%	3.7%
5 to 17	4.6%	16.6%
18 to 24	4.1%	0.8%
25 to 34	20.8%	13.7%
35 to 44	7.5%	10.5%
45 to 54	2.2%	11.1%
55 to 64	16.5%	17.8%
65 to 74	15.3%	20.3%
75 and over	15.5%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Esmont	Scottsville
White (non-Hispanic)	48.2%	75.2%
Black or African American	36.1%	23.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.9%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Esmont	Scottsville
No high school diploma	22.4%	11.4%
High school graduate	31.8%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	1.2%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Esmont	Scottsville
Drove alone	83.1%	75.8%
Carpooled	4.8%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	15.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Esmont	Scottsville
1-unit, detached	95.1%	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	4.9%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Esmont	Scottsville
Poverty rate	13.8%	14.8%
Average household size	2.11	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	21	31
Median year structure built	1963	1944