Census Reporter

Scott County, KS

4,917 Population
717.6 square miles 6.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

39.7 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 36.7 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$29,315 ±$2,695 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $31,814 ±$218
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $34,103 ±$104
$65,417 ±$14,312 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $59,597 ±$337
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $62,843 ±$135

6.1% ±3.5% (292  ±169) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 12% 337,739 (±0.2% / ±5,822)
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.4% 42,510,843 (±0.1% / ±279,418)

12.6 minutes ±1.7 (28,220  ±4,585) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kansas: 19.4 26,562,375 (±0.1 / ±168,786)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.9 3,901,729,885 (±0.1 / ±9,072,499)

Families

1,967 ±141 Number of households
  • Kansas: 1,129,227 ±4,275
  • United States: 120,756,048 ±236,892
2.5 ±0.2 (4,829  ±85) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,830,428 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 316,606,796 (±0)

13.9% ±8.2% (137  ±82) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 5.8% 38,563 (±0.2% / ±1,213)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,987,092 (±0% / ±22,278)

Housing

2,163 ±82 Number of housing units
  • Kansas: 1,273,297 ±545
  • United States: 137,428,986 ±6,044

$136,200 ±$20,888 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $151,900 ±$682
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $217,500 ±$180

15.4% ±5.5% (740  ±263.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 16.2% 466,908 (±0.3% / ±7,541.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.2% 45,656,511 (±0.1% / ±147,539.6)

Social

84.5% ±10.2% (2,720  ±336.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 91% 1,730,153 (±0.4% / ±7,694)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 88% 194,149,815 (±0.1% / ±259,935)
25.1% ±5.8% (809  ±188.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 33.4% 635,070 (±0.3% / ±4,816.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 32.2% 70,920,162 (±0.1% / ±154,967.5)

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

7.6% ±3.4% (371  ±165) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,845 (±0.1% / ±3,367)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.6% 44,011,870 (±0% / ±142,271)

5.2% ±2.4% (185  ±87) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 8.1% 176,444 (±0.1% / ±2,086)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 7.3% 18,230,322 (±0% / ±50,396)
185 Total veterans ±87 167 Male ±76 18 Female ±26

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.