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Scotland, PA

1,492 Population
0.8 square miles 1,810.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.9 ±13.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 42.1 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,514 ±$7,455 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: $39,977 ±$1,127
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$70,096 ±$11,444 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: $77,003 ±$2,046
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.9% ±6.8% (222  ±127) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 8.5% † 13,153 (±1.2% / ±1,855)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.1 minutes ±21.7 (12,385  ±6,368) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 24.3 1,613,700 (±0.8 / ±63,805)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

585 ±180 Number of households
  • the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 63,510 ±548
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.4 (1,492  ±512) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 2.5 155,618 (±0 / ±58)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

25.3% ±24.5% (77  ±81) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 4.3% † 1,438 (±0.9% / ±301)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

585 ±180 Number of housing units
  • the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 67,157 ±54
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$214,000 ±$45,305 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: $249,800 ±$5,492
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.3% ±4.5% (61  ±67.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 10.3% † 16,086 (±1.1% / ±1,701.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.2% ±37.9% (887  ±232.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 91.3% 101,578 (±1.9% / ±2,156.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.3% ±9.9% (190  ±115.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 24.7% 27,519 (±1.1% / ±1,176)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

4.2% ±6% (62  ±92) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 3.7% 5,868
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

2.9% ±3.3% (30  ±35) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 8.4% 10,250 (±0.6% / ±761)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
30 Total veterans ±35 30 Male ±35 N/A Female ±12

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