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Scott City, KS

4,121 Population
2.7 square miles 1,519 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Scott County: 38.7 ±2.3
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$26,889 ±$5,187 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Scott County: $29,999 † ±$4,453
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $38,108 ±$364
$47,217 ±$10,357 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Scott County: $53,365 † ±$11,107
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $69,747 ±$479

8.1% ±4.4% (323  ±178) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Scott County: 7.6% † 379 (±3.7% / ±185)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 11.6% 329,870 (±0.3% / ±7,570)

10.5 minutes ±1.9 (20,205  ±4,742) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Scott County: 10.7 † 26,135 (±2 / ±5,434)
  • about half the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)

Families

1,647 ±191 Number of households
  • Scott County: 2,143 ±120
  • Kansas: 1,148,635 ±4,002
2.4 ±0.3 (4,017  ±295) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Scott County: 2.3 5,024 (±0.1 / ±39)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,849,396

12.4% ±7.7% (106  ±69) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Scott County: 10.5% † 106 (±6.7% / ±69)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 6% 39,789 (±0.2% / ±1,453)

Housing

1,766 ±200 Number of housing units
  • Scott County: 2,262 ±100
  • Kansas: 1,278,548 ±518

$171,900 ±$54,324 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Scott County: $166,100 † ±$41,514
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $189,300 ±$1,228

13.5% ±5.6% (541  ±,228.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Scott County: 11.7% † 587 (±4.8% / ±,241.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 15.6% 451,476 (±0.3% / ±7,585.2)

Social

81.3% ±13% (2,109  ±,404.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Scott County: 84.9% † 2,886 (±13.2% / ±,458.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,768,151 (±0.5% / ±9,162)
18.9% ±7.1% (490  ±,191.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Scott County: 19.9% † 677 (±6.4% / ±,218.7)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 34.7% 668,265 (±0.3% / ±5,604.1)

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

8.4% ±2.6% (345  ±110) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Scott County: 7.4% 379
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,290

6.7% ±3.7% (194  ±108) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Scott County: 8.3% † 313 (±3.4% / ±129)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 163,472 (±0.1% / ±2,693)
194 Total veterans ±108 172 Male ±118 22 Female ±32

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