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Scott City, KS

3,800 Population
2.7 square miles 1,400.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±2.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Scott County: 38.2 ±1.8
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,211 ±$5,070 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Scott County: $38,349 † ±$4,617
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,880 ±$23,073 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Scott County: $68,839 † ±$10,706
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

2.8% ±2.3% (102  ±83) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Scott County: 6.5% † 315 (±4.6% / ±222)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

9.5 minutes ±1.5 (18,240  ±3,979) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Scott County: 10.5 † 25,545 (±1.7 / ±4,815)
  • about half the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about one-third of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,837 ±181 Number of households
  • Scott County: 2,289 ±116
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.1 (3,711  ±384) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Scott County: 2.2 4,938 (±0.1 / ±44)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.8% ±3.9% (33  ±34) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Scott County: 3% † 33 (±3% / ±34)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,882 ±165 Number of housing units
  • Scott County: 2,334 ±83
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$162,200 ±$18,719 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Scott County: $160,000 ±$15,001
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.3% ±8% (609  ±305) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Scott County: 14.7% † 731 (±6.8% / ±336.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.4% ±9.1% (2,200  ±340.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Scott County: 89.7% † 2,913 (±11.1% / ±387.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
30.7% ±6.8% (755  ±188.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Scott County: 28.7% † 933 (±6.6% / ±219.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

8.4% ±3.8% (319  ±148) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Scott County: 8.1% 407
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6% ±4.4% (176  ±129) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Scott County: 7.5% † 284 (±3.4% / ±130)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
176 Total veterans ±129 167 Male ±130 9 Female ±18

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