Holt County vs Scotland County

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

Holt 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.

Scotland County has the higher population (4,698 vs 4,254 in Holt County). Scotland County has the higher median household income ($67,568 vs $58,516 in Holt County). Scotland County has the higher median home value ($141,100 vs $122,300 in Holt County).

Population, income & housing

	Holt County	Scotland County
Population	4,254	4,698
Median age	47.8 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$58,516	$67,568
Median home value	$122,300	$141,100
Median gross rent	$702	$516
Housing units	2,420	2,215
Homeownership rate	78.4%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	14.5%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holt County	Scotland County
Population	4,432 → 4,254 (-4.0%)	4,902 → 4,698 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$49,524 → $58,516 (+18.2%)	$50,085 → $67,568 (+34.9%)
Median home value	$88,600 → $122,300 (+38.0%)	$113,000 → $141,100 (+24.9%)
Median gross rent	$510 → $702 (+37.6%)	$511 → $516 (+1.0%)

Holt County

Population

4,4324,254

Median household income

$49,524$58,516

Median home value

$88,600$122,300

Median gross rent

$510$702

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)

	Holt County	Scotland County
Under 5	5.1%	7.7%
5 to 17	15.1%	22.1%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.4%
25 to 34	9.9%	11.6%
35 to 44	9.3%	11.6%
45 to 54	12.3%	8.1%
55 to 64	15.7%	12.5%
65 to 74	13.9%	9.9%
75 and over	11.9%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holt County	Scotland County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	96.7%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holt County	Scotland County
No high school diploma	7.6%	21.6%
High school graduate	43.5%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holt County	Scotland County
Drove alone	79.3%	81.2%
Carpooled	8.9%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	8.3%	9.4%
Other means	0.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holt County	Scotland County
1-unit, detached	82.6%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Holt County	Scotland County
Poverty rate	9.8%	7.1%
Average household size	2.41	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1968	1969