Fort Scott vs Mapleton

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Scott and Mapleton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fort Scott has the higher population (7,551 vs 269 in Mapleton). Since 2019, Mapleton's population has grown faster (+131.9% vs -2.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Scott	Mapleton
Population	7,551	269
Median age	39.2 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,799	—
Median home value	$89,400	—
Median gross rent	$796	$1,110
Housing units	3,828	69
Homeownership rate	65.1%	66.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	2.5%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Scott	Mapleton
Population	7,742 → 7,551 (-2.5%)	116 → 269 (+131.9%)
Median household income	$35,417 → $60,799 (+71.7%)	$43,125 → $31,000 (-28.1%)
Median home value	$58,400 → $89,400 (+53.1%)	$26,700 → $27,500 (+3.0%)
Median gross rent	$622 → $796 (+28.0%)	$991 → $1,110 (+12.0%)

Fort Scott

Population

7,7427,551

Median household income

$35,417$60,799

Median home value

$58,400$89,400

Median gross rent

$622$796

Mapleton

Population

116269

Median household income

$43,125$31,000

Median home value

$26,700$27,500

Median gross rent

$991$1,110

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Scott	Mapleton
Under 5	6.1%	2.6%
5 to 17	16.1%	9.3%
18 to 24	11.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.1%	22.7%
35 to 44	11.6%	4.1%
45 to 54	9.4%	5.9%
55 to 64	13.2%	49.8%
65 to 74	10.6%	2.6%
75 and over	9.9%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Scott	Mapleton
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	26.8%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	18.2%
Two or more races	5.8%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	49.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Scott	Mapleton
No high school diploma	8.8%	2.1%
High school graduate	30.5%	76.8%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	1.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Scott	Mapleton
Drove alone	67.0%	91.2%
Carpooled	18.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.5%	8.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Scott	Mapleton
1-unit, detached	81.3%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Fort Scott	Mapleton
Poverty rate	10.9%	1.5%
Average household size	2.15	4.80
Mean commute (minutes)	16	—
Median year structure built	1951	1963