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!) Scott 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. Scott has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Scott than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Scott may be for you.
The percentage of adults in Scott who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.51% of the adults in Scott have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Scott in 2022 was $38,919, which is wealthy relative to Louisiana, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $155,676 for a family of four. However, Scott contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Scott is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Scott home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Scott residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Scott include French, Acadian/Cajun, German, French Canadian, and English.
The most common language spoken in Scott is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Spanish.
