It is a fairly quiet town 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.
One downside of living in Scottsville, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.04 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Scottsville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Scottsville citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.21% of adults in Scottsville have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Scottsville in 2022 was $33,835, which is middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $135,340 for a family of four. However, Scottsville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Scottsville is a very ethnically-diverse town. 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 English, German, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Scottsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and German/Yiddish.
