Effingham vs Muscotah

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

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

Effingham has the higher population (644 vs 138 in Muscotah). Effingham has the higher median home value ($99,900 vs $58,000 in Muscotah). Since 2019, Effingham's population has grown faster (+26.5% vs -11.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Effingham	Muscotah
Population	644	138
Median age	56.3 yrs	54.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	—
Median home value	$99,900	$58,000
Median gross rent	$846	$733
Housing units	350	81
Homeownership rate	80.9%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Effingham	Muscotah
Population	509 → 644 (+26.5%)	155 → 138 (-11.0%)
Median household income	$43,472 → $63,750 (+46.6%)	$36,875 → $58,125 (+57.6%)
Median home value	$75,300 → $99,900 (+32.7%)	$70,000 → $58,000 (-17.1%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $846 (+42.2%)	$488 → $733 (+50.2%)

Effingham

Population

509644

Median household income

$43,472$63,750

Median home value

$75,300$99,900

Median gross rent

$595$846

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)

	Effingham	Muscotah
Under 5	5.6%	2.9%
5 to 17	5.0%	7.2%
18 to 24	7.0%	4.3%
25 to 34	9.2%	17.4%
35 to 44	1.7%	2.2%
45 to 54	19.6%	16.7%
55 to 64	10.9%	19.6%
65 to 74	30.0%	17.4%
75 and over	11.2%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Effingham	Muscotah
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	89.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Effingham	Muscotah
No high school diploma	4.0%	5.1%
High school graduate	33.3%	55.1%
Some college or associate's	54.0%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Effingham	Muscotah
Drove alone	83.1%	83.9%
Carpooled	5.1%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	7.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Effingham	Muscotah
1-unit, detached	85.4%	81.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	16.0%

Poverty & households

	Effingham	Muscotah
Poverty rate	3.9%	13.8%
Average household size	1.98	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	24	32
Median year structure built	1964	1942