Baxter Springs vs Scammon

A side-by-side comparison of Baxter Springs and Scammon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Baxter Springs has the higher population (3,863 vs 397 in Scammon). Scammon has the higher median household income ($63,125 vs $60,139 in Baxter Springs). Baxter Springs has the higher median home value ($87,600 vs $81,700 in Scammon).

Population, income & housing

	Baxter Springs	Scammon
Population	3,863	397
Median age	38.2 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,139	$63,125
Median home value	$87,600	$81,700
Median gross rent	$792	$590
Housing units	1,736	242
Homeownership rate	71.8%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baxter Springs	Scammon
Population	3,983 → 3,863 (-3.0%)	574 → 397 (-30.8%)
Median household income	$36,744 → $60,139 (+63.7%)	$35,000 → $63,125 (+80.4%)
Median home value	$68,800 → $87,600 (+27.3%)	$46,700 → $81,700 (+74.9%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $792 (+33.1%)	$775 → $590 (-23.9%)

Baxter Springs

Population

3,9833,863

Median household income

$36,744$60,139

Median home value

$68,800$87,600

Median gross rent

$595$792

Scammon

Population

574397

Median household income

$35,000$63,125

Median home value

$46,700$81,700

Median gross rent

$775$590

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baxter Springs	Scammon
Under 5	4.3%	4.0%
5 to 17	21.9%	13.4%
18 to 24	9.0%	3.8%
25 to 34	10.0%	10.8%
35 to 44	14.9%	10.1%
45 to 54	8.3%	14.4%
55 to 64	16.9%	20.4%
65 to 74	10.5%	16.1%
75 and over	4.2%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baxter Springs	Scammon
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baxter Springs	Scammon
No high school diploma	13.7%	6.7%
High school graduate	27.1%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	45.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baxter Springs	Scammon
Drove alone	84.0%	86.7%
Carpooled	7.0%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	4.8%
Other means	1.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baxter Springs	Scammon
1-unit, detached	89.6%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	13.6%

Poverty & households

	Baxter Springs	Scammon
Poverty rate	19.7%	13.1%
Average household size	2.66	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	19	28
Median year structure built	1943	1949