Free Union vs Scottsville

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

Free Union 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 185 in Free Union). Free Union has the higher median home value ($1,265,600 vs $242,600 in Scottsville). Since 2019, Scottsville's population has grown faster (-16.6% vs -29.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Free Union	Scottsville
Population	185	488
Median age	62.6 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$46,563
Median home value	$1,265,600	$242,600
Housing units	105	321
Homeownership rate	100.0%	53.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	100.0%	32.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Free Union	Scottsville
Population	261 → 185 (-29.1%)	585 → 488 (-16.6%)
Median household income	$51,161 → $87,581 (+71.2%)	$60,357 → $46,563 (-22.9%)
Median home value	$1,236,800 → $1,265,600 (+2.3%)	$206,800 → $242,600 (+17.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$848 → $1,003 (+18.3%)

Free Union

Population

261185

Median household income

$51,161$87,581

Median home value

$1,236,800$1,265,600

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)

	Free Union	Scottsville
Under 5	0.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	15.7%	16.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	13.7%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.5%
45 to 54	0.0%	11.1%
55 to 64	45.9%	17.8%
65 to 74	38.4%	20.3%
75 and over	0.0%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Free Union	Scottsville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	75.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Free Union	Scottsville
No high school diploma	0.0%	11.4%
High school graduate	0.0%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	30.8%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	69.2%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Free Union	Scottsville
Drove alone	100.0%	75.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	15.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Free Union	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

	Free Union	Scottsville
Poverty rate	0.0%	14.8%
Average household size	1.76	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	—	31
Median year structure built	2001	1944