Fort Scott vs Redfield

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

Fort Scott and Redfield 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 97 in Redfield). Fort Scott has the higher median household income ($60,799 vs $27,375 in Redfield). Fort Scott has the higher median home value ($89,400 vs $56,400 in Redfield).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Scott	Redfield
Population	7,551	97
Median age	39.2 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$60,799	$27,375
Median home value	$89,400	$56,400
Median gross rent	$796	—
Housing units	3,828	67
Homeownership rate	65.1%	91.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Scott	Redfield
Population	7,742 → 7,551 (-2.5%)	124 → 97 (-21.8%)
Median household income	$35,417 → $60,799 (+71.7%)	$26,042 → $27,375 (+5.1%)
Median home value	$58,400 → $89,400 (+53.1%)	$29,000 → $56,400 (+94.5%)
Median gross rent	$622 → $796 (+28.0%)	$433 → $444 (+2.5%)

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

Redfield

Population

12497

Median household income

$26,042$27,375

Median home value

$29,000$56,400

Median gross rent

$433$444

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Scott	Redfield
Under 5	6.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.1%	17.5%
18 to 24	11.0%	10.3%
25 to 34	12.1%	20.6%
35 to 44	11.6%	10.3%
45 to 54	9.4%	19.6%
55 to 64	13.2%	9.3%
65 to 74	10.6%	4.1%
75 and over	9.9%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Scott	Redfield
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	78.4%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.1%	9.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	11.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Scott	Redfield
No high school diploma	8.8%	22.9%
High school graduate	30.5%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Scott	Redfield
Drove alone	67.0%	95.0%
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%	5.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Scott	Redfield
1-unit, detached	81.3%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	6.0%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	19.4%

Poverty & households

	Fort Scott	Redfield
Poverty rate	10.9%	29.9%
Average household size	2.15	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	16	56
Median year structure built	1951	1938