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Fort Scott, KS

7,555 Population
5.6 square miles 1,353.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41 ±4.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Bourbon County: 39.1 ±1.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$31,563 ±$3,038 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Bourbon County: $31,131 ±$1,794
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
$52,159 ±$11,823 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Bourbon County: $59,238 † ±$7,304
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475

13.5% ±4.3% (972  ±313) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Bourbon County: 13.6% † 1,915 (±2.8% / ±397)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)

16.7 minutes ±3 (50,145  ±11,214) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Bourbon County: 19.6 112,120 (±1.8 / ±13,591)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)

Families

3,447 ±190 Number of households
  • Bourbon County: 5,840 ±205
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
2.1 ±0.1 (7,194  ±27) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bourbon County: 2.4 14,022 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505

5% ±3.7% (80  ±60) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Bourbon County: 5.1% † 155 (±2.4% / ±73)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)

Housing

3,855 ±207 Number of housing units
  • Bourbon County: 6,756 ±29
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880

$100,500 ±$12,966 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Bourbon County: $113,800 ±$7,418
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343

9.5% ±2.9% (710  ±217.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Bourbon County: 7.9% † 1,121 (±1.9% / ±269.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)

Social

91% ±8.3% (4,726  ±484.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Bourbon County: 90.8% 8,484 (±6.2% / ±588.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
23% ±4.9% (1,196  ±260.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Bourbon County: 23.9% † 2,230 (±3.2% / ±298.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)

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

1.1% ±0.8% (82  ±61) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Bourbon County: 1.8% 258
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817

6.6% ±2.1% (397  ±126) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Bourbon County: 6.1% † 655 (±1.2% / ±134)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
397 Total veterans ±126 379 Male ±121 18 Female ±30

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