Scotland County vs Transylvania County

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

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

Scotland County has the higher population (34,353 vs 33,243 in Transylvania County). Transylvania County has the higher median household income ($64,523 vs $43,500 in Scotland County). Transylvania County has the higher median home value ($336,100 vs $109,900 in Scotland County).

Population, income & housing

	Scotland County	Transylvania County
Population	34,353	33,243
Median age	38.3 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$43,500	$64,523
Median home value	$109,900	$336,100
Median gross rent	$766	$909
Housing units	14,421	19,147
Homeownership rate	58.9%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	38.6%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Scotland County	Transylvania County
Population	35,076 → 34,353 (-2.1%)	33,775 → 33,243 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$37,238 → $43,500 (+16.8%)	$50,212 → $64,523 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$85,500 → $109,900 (+28.5%)	$221,900 → $336,100 (+51.5%)
Median gross rent	$674 → $766 (+13.6%)	$756 → $909 (+20.2%)

Scotland County

Population

35,07634,353

Median household income

$37,238$43,500

Median home value

$85,500$109,900

Median gross rent

$674$766

Transylvania County

Population

33,77533,243

Median household income

$50,212$64,523

Median home value

$221,900$336,100

Median gross rent

$756$909

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Scotland County	Transylvania County
Under 5	6.4%	4.0%
5 to 17	16.1%	11.8%
18 to 24	9.6%	7.4%
25 to 34	13.4%	10.0%
35 to 44	12.0%	9.8%
45 to 54	12.0%	10.7%
55 to 64	12.7%	15.4%
65 to 74	10.8%	16.7%
75 and over	7.0%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Scotland County	Transylvania County
White (non-Hispanic)	40.6%	88.2%
Black or African American	37.7%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	11.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Scotland County	Transylvania County
No high school diploma	17.6%	6.2%
High school graduate	36.1%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Scotland County	Transylvania County
Drove alone	81.4%	76.4%
Carpooled	11.7%	9.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.4%
Walked	1.1%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.7%
Worked from home	4.4%	10.7%
Other means	1.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Scotland County	Transylvania County
1-unit, detached	56.8%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	2.5%
20 or more units	1.6%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	27.6%	13.7%

Poverty & households

	Scotland County	Transylvania County
Poverty rate	26.6%	14.2%
Average household size	2.60	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1981	1983