City · Scott County, Kansas

Scott City, Kansas

Scott City is a city in Scott County, Kansas. It has 3,800 residents. Scott City, Kansas has a quality-of-life score of 87 out of 100 (very high), ranking #2,112 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Kansas it ranks #22 of 202 cities and towns. It ranks best on distance to an emergency room (low), gyms and fitness centers (high) and suicide rate (low). It ranks worst on preventable hospital stays (high), distance to an airport (high) and public EV charging ports (low).

87Very high

Quality-of-life score: #2,112 of 15,651 cities and towns
Kansas: #22 of 202 in KS
Population: 3,800 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 1,400.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 2063600

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety75#3,844/15,637
Economy69#4,870/15,631
Housing78#3,314/14,977
Health69#4,768/15,609
Healthcare53#7,301/15,650
Environment88#1,803/15,453
Education69#4,904/15,649
Infrastructure41#9,185/15,650
Community88#1,832/15,651
Leisure & amenities98#334/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Scott City, Kansas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Scott County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Distance to an emergency room · low0.8 mi
100/100Kansas 5.2 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesScott County value
Gyms and fitness centers · high4.2 /10k
100/100Kansas 1.0 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsScott County value
Suicide rate · low0.0 /100k
100/100Kansas 18.4 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataScott County value
Average commute time · low9.5 min
100/100Kansas 19.7 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Pharmacies · high4.2 /10k
99/100Kansas 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsScott County value
Firearm deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Kansas 16.2 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataScott County value

Weaknesses

Preventable hospital stays · high8,464 /100k
0/100Kansas 2,534 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteScott County value
Distance to an airport · high198 mi
1/100Kansas 51 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauScott County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Kansas 4.7 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyScott County value
Hospital quality rating · low2.0
9/100Kansas 3.2United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesScott County value
Flu vaccinations · low31.0%
10/100Kansas 46.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteScott County value
Mental health providers · low81 /100k
11/100Kansas 266 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteScott County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Rent-burdened householdsImproving
42.7% (2015-2019) → 23.6% (2020-2024)
−19 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
21.7% (2015-2019) → 30.7% (2020-2024)
+9 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.1× (2015-2019) → 3.0× (2020-2024)
+38%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
79.9% (2015-2019) → 86.5% (2020-2024)
+6.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Average commute timeImproving
12.2 min (2015-2019) → 9.5 min (2020-2024)
−22%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Poverty rateImproving
7.0% (2015-2019) → 2.8% (2020-2024)
−4.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Scott City, Kansas improved on 0 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Scott City, Kansas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	12.2 min2015-2019	9.5 min2020-2024	−2.7 min	Within the margin of error	77%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%2015-2019	30.7%2020-2024	+9 points	Within the margin of error	87%
Broadband subscriptions	79.9%2015-2019	86.5%2020-2024	+6.6 points	Within the margin of error	41%
Effective property tax rate	1.74%2015-2019	1.64%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	37%
High school diploma or higher	85.6%2015-2019	89.4%2020-2024	+3.7 points	Within the margin of error	74%
Home price to income ratio	2.1×2015-2019	3.0×2020-2024	+0.8×	Within the margin of error	30%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3612015-2019	0.4092020-2024	+0.048	Within the margin of error	17%
Median household income	$61,3922015-2019	$54,8802020-2024	−11%	Within the margin of error	3%
Rent as share of income	26.6%2015-2019	25.5%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	63%
Rent-burdened households	42.7%2015-2019	23.6%2020-2024	−19 points	Within the margin of error	93%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	5.7%2015-2019	6.1%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	42%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Scott City, Kansas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Scott City, Kansas in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Scott City, Kansas itself moved −4.5 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

3,800 residents (±388)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under 10 men (−4.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

3,800 residents (±388)

Scott City, Kansas
Kansas share

White75%2,835
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino23%882

Education

2,462 residents (±286)

Scott City, Kansas
Kansas share

No high school diploma11%†262
High school or GED21%†522
Some college35%869

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,837 households (±181)

Scott City, Kansas
Kansas share

Under $25k11%†204
$25k–50k30%†550
$50k–75k23%†423
$75k–100k15%†267
$100k–150k14%†259
$150k–200k2.0%†37
$200k or more5.3%†97

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,837 households (±181)

Scott City, Kansas
Kansas share

Own67%1,238
Rent33%599

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

560 households (±157)

Scott City, Kansas
Kansas share

Under $75061%†339
$750–1,0007.1%†40
$1,000–1,50027%†149

Home values

1,238 homes (±200)

Scott City, Kansas
Kansas share

Under $150k42%†514
$150k–250k36%†446
$250k–400k17%†215

Age of homes

1,882 homes (±165)

Scott City, Kansas
Kansas share

2010 or later2.7%†50
2000–20094.9%†92
1980–19996.6%†125

Size of homes

1,882 homes (±165)

Scott City, Kansas
Kansas share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom4.5%†84
2 bedrooms37%700

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

2,017 workers (±290)

Scott City, Kansas
Kansas share

Drive alone89%1,801
Carpool5.8%†116
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.3%†7
Bike0.0%0
Work from home4.6%†93
Other0.0%0

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,924 workers (±281)

Scott City, Kansas
Kansas share

Under 15 min76%1,454
15–29 min12%†233
30–44 min8.6%†166

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Scott County, the county holding most of Scott City's residents.

Scott County has 206 employer establishments, 414 for every 10,000 residents (1.67× the US rate of 248; 1.61× Kansas's), with 1,300 paid employees at an average annual pay of $48,785. The Census Bureau also counts 472 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 206; 472 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 414; US 248 · Kansas 258
Paid employees: 1,300
Average annual pay: $48,785; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Scott County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	14	28.2	1.53×More than typical	99	$16,152	—
Specialty trade contractors	13	26.2	1.69×More than typical	56	$50,500	36
Truck transportation	13	26.2	5.17×More than typical	31	$59,032	25
Services to buildings and dwellings	12	24.1	3.58×More than typical	36	$25,028	31
Automotive repair and maintenance	10	20.1	3.99×More than typical	60	$22,733	9
Full-service restaurants	9	18.1	2.36×Too few to compare	37	$12,324	—
Ambulatory health care services	8	16.1	0.77×Too few to compare	20	$55,350	16
Religious organizations	8	16.1	2.90×Too few to compare	30	$21,800	—
Building equipment contractors	7	14.1	2.34×Too few to compare	25	$36,240	6
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	6	12.1	2.97×Too few to compare	16	$38,813	7
Lessors of real estate	6	12.1	0.98×Too few to compare	7	$17,000	41
Offices of other health practitioners	6	12.1	1.99×Too few to compare	11	$66,909	11

Rank places for an industry Open Scott County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 4,971 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Scott City is mostly in Scott County.

See federal money in Scott County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Scott City, Kansas is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Tracey MannR-KS-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 100%Missed 0.3%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Scott County91100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Scott County

Largest first.

Shallow Water0

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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