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Scott City, MO

4,354 Population
4.8 square miles 899.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.2 ±3.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 40.1 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,599 ±$3,225 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: $29,977 ±$1,480
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$61,581 ±$11,712 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: $55,225 ±$2,545
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

15.5% ±5.1% (674  ±223) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 16.4% † 7,832 (±1.7% / ±812)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

21.4 minutes ±3.1 (44,975  ±8,261) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 19.9 410,270 (±0.9 / ±22,708)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

1,717 ±176 Number of households
  • the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 19,722 ±385
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.5 ±0.3 (4,334  ±19) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 2.4 48,056 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • a little higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

5.8% ±5.4% (68  ±64) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 6.5% † 691 (±2.1% / ±226)
  • a little higher than the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

1,849 ±205 Number of housing units
  • the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 22,115 ±45
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$134,900 ±$9,127 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: $128,800 ±$7,887
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

14.8% ±7.1% (636  ±303.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 12.2% † 6,049 (±1.8% / ±892.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

81.7% ±6.7% (2,285  ±284.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 85.3% 29,207 (±3.2% / ±1,105.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
15.7% ±4% (439  ±119.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 19.8% 6,772 (±1.6% / ±560.4)
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 31.9% 1,345,230 (±0.2% / ±8,913.9)

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

0.1% ±0.1% (5  ±6) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 0.9% 425
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

6.9% ±2.3% (229  ±78) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 6.1% † 2,319 (±0.9% / ±347)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
229 Total veterans ±78 219 Male ±74 10 Female ±17

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