It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Scottsville has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Scottsville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Scottsville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Scottsville may be for you.
The percentage of people in Scottsville with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.21% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Scottsville in 2022 was $24,319, which is middle income relative to Kentucky, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $97,276 for a family of four. However, Scottsville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Scottsville also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.99% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Scottsville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Scottsville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Scottsville include Irish, English, Russian, German, and Norwegian.
The most common language spoken in Scottsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Spanish.
