Carter County vs Scotland County

A side-by-side comparison of Carter County and Scotland County: population, income, housing, and more.

Carter County and Scotland County are counties in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Carter County has the higher population (5,269 vs 4,698 in Scotland County). Scotland County has the higher median household income ($67,568 vs $45,083 in Carter County). Carter County has the higher median home value ($147,600 vs $141,100 in Scotland County).

Population, income & housing

	Carter County	Scotland County
Population	5,269	4,698
Median age	39.6 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$45,083	$67,568
Median home value	$147,600	$141,100
Median gross rent	$661	$516
Housing units	2,692	2,215
Homeownership rate	64.1%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	14.5%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carter County	Scotland County
Population	6,147 → 5,269 (-14.3%)	4,902 → 4,698 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$39,530 → $45,083 (+14.0%)	$50,085 → $67,568 (+34.9%)
Median home value	$101,500 → $147,600 (+45.4%)	$113,000 → $141,100 (+24.9%)
Median gross rent	$621 → $661 (+6.4%)	$511 → $516 (+1.0%)

Carter County

Population

6,1475,269

Median household income

$39,530$45,083

Median home value

$101,500$147,600

Median gross rent

$621$661

Scotland County

Population

4,9024,698

Median household income

$50,085$67,568

Median home value

$113,000$141,100

Median gross rent

$511$516

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carter County	Scotland County
Under 5	6.6%	7.7%
5 to 17	17.6%	22.1%
18 to 24	8.1%	7.4%
25 to 34	9.9%	11.6%
35 to 44	12.6%	11.6%
45 to 54	10.1%	8.1%
55 to 64	15.0%	12.5%
65 to 74	12.0%	9.9%
75 and over	8.2%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carter County	Scotland County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	96.7%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carter County	Scotland County
No high school diploma	14.8%	21.6%
High school graduate	47.2%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carter County	Scotland County
Drove alone	73.6%	81.2%
Carpooled	14.6%	6.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.9%	9.4%
Other means	1.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carter County	Scotland County
1-unit, detached	69.7%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.1%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Carter County	Scotland County
Poverty rate	19.2%	7.1%
Average household size	2.66	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1984	1969