Scottsville is a tiny town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 593 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Scottsville is the 360th largest community in Virginia. Scottsville has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Scottsville is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Scottsville is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Scottsville who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.53%), food service (9.47%), and sales jobs (7.95%).

Of important note, Scottsville is also a town of artists. Scottsville has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Scottsville's character.

Also of interest is that Scottsville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One downside of living in Scottsville, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.54 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.

Scottsville Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Scottsville is somewhat better educated than the 14.96% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 23.91% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Scottsville in 2000 was $17,432, which is lower middle income relative to Virginia, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $69,728 for a family of four.

The people who call Scottsville home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Scottsville is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Scottsville include English, Irish, German, Italian, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Scottsville is English. Some people also speak Polish.