The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Scottsville has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Scottsville a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
The rate of college-level education in Scottsville is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.21% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an 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.
