Rio vs Scottsville

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

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

Rio has the higher population (1,213 vs 488 in Scottsville). Rio has the higher median household income ($65,703 vs $46,563 in Scottsville). Since 2019, Scottsville's population has grown faster (-16.6% vs -31.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Rio	Scottsville
Population	1,213	488
Median age	28.7 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$65,703	$46,563
Median home value	—	$242,600
Median gross rent	$1,755	—
Housing units	733	321
Homeownership rate	1.0%	53.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.6%	32.2%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rio	Scottsville
Population	1,771 → 1,213 (-31.5%)	585 → 488 (-16.6%)
Median household income	$55,674 → $65,703 (+18.0%)	$60,357 → $46,563 (-22.9%)
Median home value	—	$206,800 → $242,600 (+17.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,380 → $1,755 (+27.2%)	$848 → $1,003 (+18.3%)

Rio

Population

1,7711,213

Median household income

$55,674$65,703

Median gross rent

$1,380$1,755

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)

	Rio	Scottsville
Under 5	7.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	7.4%	16.6%
18 to 24	27.9%	0.8%
25 to 34	22.8%	13.7%
35 to 44	7.7%	10.5%
45 to 54	4.9%	11.1%
55 to 64	7.4%	17.8%
65 to 74	13.0%	20.3%
75 and over	1.8%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rio	Scottsville
White (non-Hispanic)	71.0%	75.2%
Black or African American	23.6%	23.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rio	Scottsville
No high school diploma	4.7%	11.4%
High school graduate	23.0%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	21.1%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rio	Scottsville
Drove alone	67.8%	75.8%
Carpooled	19.9%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	15.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	4.8%
Other means	5.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rio	Scottsville
1-unit, detached	0.0%	61.4%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	27.1%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	28.9%	5.9%
20 or more units	42.0%	15.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Rio	Scottsville
Poverty rate	23.9%	14.8%
Average household size	1.65	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	17	31
Median year structure built	2006	1944