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Scott City, KS

3,955 Population
2.7 square miles 1,457.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±1.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Scott County: 39.3 † ±4.3
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$32,624 ±$5,435 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Scott County: $35,206 † ±$5,077
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$54,026 ±$10,935 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Scott County: $67,788 † ±$16,628
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

7.9% ±4.9% (302  ±189) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Scott County: 8.8% † 436 (±5.5% / ±273)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

14.1 minutes ±2.7 (25,000  ±5,919) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Scott County: 13.8 † 31,590 (±2.2 / ±5,926)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

1,691 ±181 Number of households
  • Scott County: 2,190 ±105
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.3 ±0.3 (3,859  ±342) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Scott County: 2.3 4,975 (±0.1 / ±42)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

14.1% ±7.7% (115  ±64) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Scott County: 11.2% † 115 (±6.1% / ±64)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

1,772 ±163 Number of housing units
  • Scott County: 2,271 ±81
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$166,400 ±$30,569 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Scott County: $170,100 † ±$31,739
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

15.4% ±7.4% (590  ±,288.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Scott County: 14% † 691 (±6.2% / ±,306.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

87.3% ±10.2% (2,279  ±,354.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Scott County: 89.1% † 3,062 (±12.2% / ±,431.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
33.1% ±7.3% (864  ±,210.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Scott County: 33.4% † 1,147 (±7.9% / ±,275.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

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

12.6% ±4.5% (497  ±182) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Scott County: 10.9% 550
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

6% ±4.1% (171  ±118) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Scott County: 6.6% † 247 (±3.3% / ±125)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
171 Total veterans ±118 161 Male ±116 10 Female ±19

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