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Scott town, Cortland County, NY

954 Population
22.2 square miles 42.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.1 ±8.9 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Cortland County: 36.5 ±0.5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$42,041 ±$6,140 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Cortland County: $33,818 ±$965
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$89,141 ±$14,991 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Cortland County: $67,527 ±$2,810
  • a little higher than the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

13.8% ±9.7% (132  ±95) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cortland County: 12.8% † 5,494 (±1.7% / ±717)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

33.2 minutes ±5.8 (12,905  ±3,545) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Cortland County: 21.8 457,755 (±0.5 / ±18,141)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

377 ±65 Number of households
  • Cortland County: 18,768 ±286
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.5 ±0.6 (954  ±157) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cortland County: 2.3 42,845 (±0 / ±54)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

0.9% ±1.8% (2  ±4) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Cortland County: 5% † 583 (±1.4% / ±160)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

435 ±66 Number of housing units
  • Cortland County: 20,842 ±51
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$163,300 ±$11,939 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Cortland County: $158,100 ±$3,727
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

6% ±5.8% (57  ±56.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Cortland County: 15.3% † 7,033 (±1.8% / ±813)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

91.9% ±20.7% (587  ±91.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cortland County: 90.9% 26,559 (±3.2% / ±935.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
26.9% ±7.2% (172  ±53.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Cortland County: 28.3% 8,277 (±1.8% / ±537.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 39.6% 5,535,503 (±0.2% / ±20,933.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.3% ±0.4% (3  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Cortland County: 2.7% 1,236
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

13.6% ±6.3% (101  ±50) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Cortland County: 6.6% 2,475 (±0.6% / ±215)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
101 Total veterans ±50 97 Male ±49 4 Female ±6

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