Fayette County vs Scott County

A side-by-side comparison of Fayette County and Scott County: population, income, housing, and more.

Fayette County and Scott County are counties in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Scott County has the higher population (24,468 vs 23,390 in Fayette County). Fayette County has the higher median household income ($56,659 vs $54,583 in Scott County). Scott County has the higher median home value ($145,400 vs $114,800 in Fayette County).

Population, income & housing

	Fayette County	Scott County
Population	23,390	24,468
Median age	43.9 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$56,659	$54,583
Median home value	$114,800	$145,400
Median gross rent	$779	$790
Housing units	10,900	10,774
Homeownership rate	70.6%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fayette County	Scott County
Population	23,194 → 23,390 (+0.8%)	23,759 → 24,468 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$46,175 → $56,659 (+22.7%)	$48,700 → $54,583 (+12.1%)
Median home value	$81,900 → $114,800 (+40.2%)	$103,000 → $145,400 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	$705 → $779 (+10.5%)	$789 → $790 (+0.1%)

Fayette County

Population

23,19423,390

Median household income

$46,175$56,659

Median home value

$81,900$114,800

Median gross rent

$705$779

Scott County

Population

23,75924,468

Median household income

$48,700$54,583

Median home value

$103,000$145,400

Median gross rent

$789$790

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fayette County	Scott County
Under 5	5.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.8%	16.9%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.9%
25 to 34	11.1%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.0%	11.9%
45 to 54	13.2%	14.0%
55 to 64	13.9%	14.2%
65 to 74	12.4%	10.5%
75 and over	8.1%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fayette County	Scott County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	94.0%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fayette County	Scott County
No high school diploma	14.1%	16.0%
High school graduate	42.3%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fayette County	Scott County
Drove alone	82.5%	83.3%
Carpooled	9.9%	7.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	2.1%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	7.2%
Other means	0.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fayette County	Scott County
1-unit, detached	79.8%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	5.7%
20 or more units	3.2%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	17.0%

Poverty & households

	Fayette County	Scott County
Poverty rate	16.7%	14.7%
Average household size	2.42	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1961	1981