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Fort Scott, KS

7,551 Population
5.6 square miles 1,352.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.2 ±4.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Bourbon County: 38.8 ±1.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$31,273 ±$2,551 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Bourbon County: $31,717 ±$1,864
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$60,799 ±$15,666 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Bourbon County: $67,555 † ±$11,308
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

10.9% ±3.6% (784  ±260) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bourbon County: 11.8% † 1,649 (±2.8% / ±394)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

15.5 minutes ±3 (47,760  ±10,871) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Bourbon County: 20 † 117,815 (±2.2 / ±15,130)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

3,337 ±230 Number of households
  • Bourbon County: 5,770 ±229
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.2 ±0.2 (7,177  ±51) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bourbon County: 2.4 14,002 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

5.5% ±3.4% (94  ±60) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Bourbon County: 4.5% † 139 (±2.2% / ±68)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

3,828 ±189 Number of housing units
  • Bourbon County: 6,768 ±27
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$89,400 ±$16,715 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Bourbon County: $107,600 ±$10,530
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

15.1% ±4.9% (1,132  ±369.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Bourbon County: 11.5% † 1,637 (±3% / ±429.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

91.2% ±8.8% (4,595  ±482.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Bourbon County: 91% 8,587 (±6.2% / ±591)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
21.7% ±4.9% (1,093  ±250) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bourbon County: 24.3% † 2,294 (±3.1% / ±294.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

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

0.8% ±0.6% (57  ±45) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Bourbon County: 1.7% 243
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

7.4% ±2.2% (437  ±128) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Bourbon County: 7.3% † 789 (±1.5% / ±159)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
437 Total veterans ±128 414 Male ±121 23 Female ±25

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