Scott County vs White County

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

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

White County has the higher population (24,709 vs 24,468 in Scott County). White County has the higher median household income ($66,143 vs $54,583 in Scott County). White County has the higher median home value ($163,000 vs $145,400 in Scott County).

Population, income & housing

	Scott County	White County
Population	24,468	24,709
Median age	41.2 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,583	$66,143
Median home value	$145,400	$163,000
Median gross rent	$790	$853
Housing units	10,774	12,926
Homeownership rate	72.1%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Scott County	White County
Population	23,759 → 24,468 (+3.0%)	24,149 → 24,709 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$48,700 → $54,583 (+12.1%)	$54,576 → $66,143 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$103,000 → $145,400 (+41.2%)	$113,500 → $163,000 (+43.6%)
Median gross rent	$789 → $790 (+0.1%)	$706 → $853 (+20.8%)

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

White County

Population

24,14924,709

Median household income

$54,576$66,143

Median home value

$113,500$163,000

Median gross rent

$706$853

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Scott County	White County
Under 5	5.7%	6.1%
5 to 17	16.9%	17.4%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.8%
25 to 34	12.5%	10.8%
35 to 44	11.9%	10.6%
45 to 54	14.0%	12.3%
55 to 64	14.2%	14.5%
65 to 74	10.5%	12.3%
75 and over	6.5%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Scott County	White County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	86.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Scott County	White County
No high school diploma	16.0%	9.7%
High school graduate	42.9%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Scott County	White County
Drove alone	83.3%	79.5%
Carpooled	7.5%	12.1%
Public transit	0.2%	0.3%
Walked	1.3%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	6.2%
Other means	0.5%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Scott County	White County
1-unit, detached	67.4%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	3.8%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	17.0%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Scott County	White County
Poverty rate	14.7%	10.0%
Average household size	2.50	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1981	1971