Fort Scott vs Uniontown

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

Fort Scott and Uniontown 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 492 in Uniontown). Fort Scott has the higher median household income ($60,799 vs $51,750 in Uniontown). Fort Scott has the higher median home value ($89,400 vs $49,300 in Uniontown).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Scott	Uniontown
Population	7,551	492
Median age	39.2 yrs	18.0 yrs
Median household income	$60,799	$51,750
Median home value	$89,400	$49,300
Median gross rent	$796	$752
Housing units	3,828	135
Homeownership rate	65.1%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Scott	Uniontown
Population	7,742 → 7,551 (-2.5%)	261 → 492 (+88.5%)
Median household income	$35,417 → $60,799 (+71.7%)	$35,250 → $51,750 (+46.8%)
Median home value	$58,400 → $89,400 (+53.1%)	$62,000 → $49,300 (-20.5%)
Median gross rent	$622 → $796 (+28.0%)	$438 → $752 (+71.7%)

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

Uniontown

Population

261492

Median household income

$35,250$51,750

Median home value

$62,000$49,300

Median gross rent

$438$752

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Scott	Uniontown
Under 5	6.1%	18.5%
5 to 17	16.1%	31.5%
18 to 24	11.0%	10.8%
25 to 34	12.1%	9.8%
35 to 44	11.6%	4.7%
45 to 54	9.4%	4.3%
55 to 64	13.2%	8.3%
65 to 74	10.6%	9.6%
75 and over	9.9%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Scott	Uniontown
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	90.9%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Scott	Uniontown
No high school diploma	8.8%	9.3%
High school graduate	30.5%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Scott	Uniontown
Drove alone	67.0%	59.9%
Carpooled	18.0%	21.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	13.3%	7.0%
Other means	0.5%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Scott	Uniontown
1-unit, detached	81.3%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	5.9%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Fort Scott	Uniontown
Poverty rate	10.9%	12.2%
Average household size	2.15	3.64
Mean commute (minutes)	16	21
Median year structure built	1951	1955