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Fort Scott, KS

7,569 Population
5.6 square miles 1,355.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±4.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Bourbon County: 38.1 ±0.6
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$27,897 ±$2,657 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Bourbon County: $29,328 ±$1,587
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $38,108 ±$364
$45,206 ±$6,232 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Bourbon County: $55,826 † ±$6,751
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $69,747 ±$479

15.5% ±3.6% (1,105  ±254) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Bourbon County: 12.8% † 1,785 (±2.3% / ±316)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 11.6% 329,870 (±0.3% / ±7,570)

15.3 minutes ±2.8 (43,670  ±9,432) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Bourbon County: 20.6 † 118,975 (±2.3 / ±14,672)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)

Families

3,470 ±191 Number of households
  • Bourbon County: 5,875 ±194
  • Kansas: 1,148,635 ±4,002
2.1 ±0.1 (7,159  ±43) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bourbon County: 2.4 13,987 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,849,396

9.3% ±5.6% (145  ±89) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Bourbon County: 6.8% † 200 (±3.1% / ±92)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 6% 39,789 (±0.2% / ±1,453)

Housing

3,896 ±151 Number of housing units
  • Bourbon County: 6,779 ±35
  • Kansas: 1,278,548 ±518

$82,300 ±$12,583 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Bourbon County: $95,600 ±$5,296
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $189,300 ±$1,228

15.2% ±3.9% (1,134  ±,287.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Bourbon County: 11.8% † 1,676 (±2.4% / ±,346.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 15.6% 451,476 (±0.3% / ±7,585.2)

Social

86.3% ±7.8% (4,364  ±,425.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Bourbon County: 89.7% 8,433 (±5.7% / ±,533.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,768,151 (±0.5% / ±9,162)
20.3% ±4.8% (1,029  ±,246.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bourbon County: 23.7% † 2,229 (±3.2% / ±,301.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 34.7% 668,265 (±0.3% / ±5,604.1)

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

0.6% ±0.6% (48  ±44) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Bourbon County: 1.1% 159
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,290

8.3% ±2.3% (486  ±135) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Bourbon County: 8.3% † 888 (±1.6% / ±168)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 163,472 (±0.1% / ±2,693)
486 Total veterans ±135 464 Male ±126 22 Female ±24

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