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Scott County, KS

5,027 Population
717.6 square miles 7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.2 ±1.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,349 ±$4,617 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$68,839 ±$10,706 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.5% ±4.6% (315  ±222) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

10.5 minutes ±1.7 (25,545  ±4,815) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,289 ±116 Number of households
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (4,938  ±44) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3% ±3% (33  ±34) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,334 ±83 Number of housing units
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$160,000 ±$15,001 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.7% ±6.8% (731  ±336.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.7% ±11.1% (2,913  ±387.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
28.7% ±6.6% (933  ±219.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

8.1% (407  ±103) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.5% ±3.4% (284  ±130) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
284 Total veterans ±130 275 Male ±130 9 Female ±18

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