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Scammon, KS

397 Population
0.6 square miles 633.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.8 ±7.4 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 38.2 ±0.3
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$28,592 ±$4,417 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: $30,805 ±$843
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$63,125 ±$20,601 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: $60,146 ±$1,560
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

13.1% ±8.9% (52  ±37) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 16.4% 32,515 (±1.2% / ±2,310)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

28.1 minutes ±7.7 (5,615  ±2,179) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 20.4 1,739,455 (±0.5 / ±51,513)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

188 ±41 Number of households
  • the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 78,178 ±807
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.1 ±0.1 (397  ±88) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 2.5 198,605 (±0 / ±85)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

4.6% ±5.8% (3  ±4) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 6.4% † 2,924 (±0.9% / ±428)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

242 ±47 Number of housing units
  • the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 87,651 ±110
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$81,700 ±$20,019 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: $157,000 ±$3,790
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

4% ±4% (16  ±16.2) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 13.8% 27,553 (±1.1% / ±2,098.9)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

93.3% ±26.6% (292  ±57) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 89.2% 120,192 (±1.7% / ±2,297.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
15.3% ±7.9% (48  ±26.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 24% 32,370 (±0.9% / ±1,222.2)
  • about two-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

N/A Foreign-born population

9.5% ±4.8% (31  ±17) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 8.1% 12,323 (±0.5% / ±762)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
31 Total veterans ±17 31 Male ±17 N/A Female ±11

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