PlainZIP

Scott, LA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Scott, LA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 11,693. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet SCOTT-LA · Scott, LA 1 ZIPs · 11,693 pop · #21291/25278 · Lafayette Parish

INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $51,470
  • RANK-BOTTOM #21291/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Duson
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 72% owners
  • POP-TOWN 11,693
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $141,000

Nearest income peer: Duson, LA (+ $162 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Scott

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Scott on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Scott, LA sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

16th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
11,693
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$51,470
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($51,470 average) · poverty 16.8%. The primary code (70583) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (71.6%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Scott as a pure owner town.

Within Louisiana, New Llano is the closest lower-income city and Berwick the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Scott.

Population concentration

Scott's single ZIP 70583 carries the town

Scott is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 70583 is the entire residential footprint (11,693 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Scott's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 418 establishments, 6,842 employees , annual payroll $425,901k (~36 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 70583 (418 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (67) · also Retail trade · Wholesale trade .

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ZIP Codes in Scott, LA

These ZIP codes sit in Lafayette Parish, which covers 11 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Scott. See the Lafayette Parish roll-up →

Every one of the 5 cities sharing Lafayette Parish reports a higher average ZIP median income than Scott, Lafayette, Youngsville and Carencro among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Broussard marks the far end of that range at $106,710, 107% above Scott.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
70583 11,693 $51,470 418 163
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Scott roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Scott, .