What is the population of Scotland County?

Scotland County has 34,353 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates.

What is the median household income in Scotland County?

Median household income in Scotland County is $43,500 a year, 44.6% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Scotland County?

Median gross rent is $766 a month and the median home value is $109,900, so rent absorbs about 21.1% of median household income.

Is Scotland County affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Scotland County is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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North Carolina · FIPS 37165

Scotland ZIP codes — Scotland County, North Carolina

Quick answer

Scotland County is home to 34,353 residents with a median household income of $43,500 and a median home value of $109,900. 58.9% of households own their home and 26.6% of residents live below the poverty line. Looking for a Scotland ZIP code? 5 ZIP code areas fall inside Scotland County, North Carolina, listed in full below.

Population: 34,353Scotland County residents
Median household income: $43,500Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $109,900Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $766Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 58.9%Owner-occupied households

Scotland County, NC in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Scotland County is a small city in North Carolina, with 34,353 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates. The median age here is 38.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Scotland County earn a median of $43,500 a year, 44.6% below the national figure of $78,538. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 26.6% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Scotland County is valued at $109,900, 63.8% below the national figure, while median gross rent runs $766 a month, 45.5% below the national figure, or roughly $9,192 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 58.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

ZIP codes in Scotland County

ZIP code tabulation areas whose land area falls mostly in Scotland County.

How to read this page

What these estimates cover.

Figures are five-year rolling averages from the American Community Survey, not single-year counts, so they describe conditions across 2019-2023 ACS 5-year rather than a single date. Median home value covers owner-occupied units as valued by their owners, and median gross rent includes utilities the renter pays. Small counties carry wide margins of error; treat single-dollar differences between neighbouring counties as noise.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Cities and towns in North Carolina

Largest Census places in North Carolina by population.

Nearby counties

Other counties in North Carolina.

Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Scotland County?: Scotland County has 34,353 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates.
What is the median household income in Scotland County?: Median household income in Scotland County is $43,500 a year, 44.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Scotland County?: Median gross rent is $766 a month and the median home value is $109,900, so rent absorbs about 21.1% of median household income.
Is Scotland County affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Scotland County is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Scotland County data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.