Atchison vs Muscotah

A side-by-side comparison of Atchison and Muscotah: population, income, housing, and more.

Atchison and Muscotah are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Atchison has the higher population (10,795 vs 138 in Muscotah). Atchison has the higher median home value ($130,200 vs $58,000 in Muscotah). Since 2019, Atchison's population has grown faster (+1.9% vs -11.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Atchison	Muscotah
Population	10,795	138
Median age	29.9 yrs	54.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,695	—
Median home value	$130,200	$58,000
Median gross rent	$736	$733
Housing units	4,161	81
Homeownership rate	62.1%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.4%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atchison	Muscotah
Population	10,598 → 10,795 (+1.9%)	155 → 138 (-11.0%)
Median household income	$46,465 → $54,695 (+17.7%)	$36,875 → $58,125 (+57.6%)
Median home value	$89,900 → $130,200 (+44.8%)	$70,000 → $58,000 (-17.1%)
Median gross rent	$615 → $736 (+19.7%)	$488 → $733 (+50.2%)

Atchison

Population

10,59810,795

Median household income

$46,465$54,695

Median home value

$89,900$130,200

Median gross rent

$615$736

Muscotah

Population

155138

Median household income

$36,875$58,125

Median home value

$70,000$58,000

Median gross rent

$488$733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atchison	Muscotah
Under 5	6.2%	2.9%
5 to 17	18.5%	7.2%
18 to 24	20.6%	4.3%
25 to 34	10.3%	17.4%
35 to 44	10.0%	2.2%
45 to 54	9.9%	16.7%
55 to 64	10.8%	19.6%
65 to 74	7.6%	17.4%
75 and over	6.1%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atchison	Muscotah
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	89.9%
Black or African American	6.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atchison	Muscotah
No high school diploma	4.7%	5.1%
High school graduate	38.0%	55.1%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atchison	Muscotah
Drove alone	72.9%	83.9%
Carpooled	8.6%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	7.1%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atchison	Muscotah
1-unit, detached	77.6%	81.5%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	16.0%

Poverty & households

	Atchison	Muscotah
Poverty rate	15.1%	13.8%
Average household size	2.49	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	19	32
Median year structure built	1962	1942