Galena vs Scammon

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

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

Galena has the higher population (2,752 vs 397 in Scammon). Scammon has the higher median household income ($63,125 vs $39,968 in Galena). Scammon has the higher median home value ($81,700 vs $70,600 in Galena).

Population, income & housing

	Galena	Scammon
Population	2,752	397
Median age	46.7 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$39,968	$63,125
Median home value	$70,600	$81,700
Median gross rent	$648	$590
Housing units	1,506	242
Homeownership rate	61.9%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galena	Scammon
Population	2,892 → 2,752 (-4.8%)	574 → 397 (-30.8%)
Median household income	$32,361 → $39,968 (+23.5%)	$35,000 → $63,125 (+80.4%)
Median home value	$65,600 → $70,600 (+7.6%)	$46,700 → $81,700 (+74.9%)
Median gross rent	$653 → $648 (-0.8%)	$775 → $590 (-23.9%)

Galena

Population

2,8922,752

Median household income

$32,361$39,968

Median home value

$65,600$70,600

Median gross rent

$653$648

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)

	Galena	Scammon
Under 5	9.7%	4.0%
5 to 17	10.5%	13.4%
18 to 24	4.4%	3.8%
25 to 34	11.8%	10.8%
35 to 44	12.4%	10.1%
45 to 54	19.7%	14.4%
55 to 64	12.9%	20.4%
65 to 74	6.1%	16.1%
75 and over	12.5%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galena	Scammon
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.6%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Galena	Scammon
No high school diploma	6.6%	6.7%
High school graduate	46.9%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	45.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galena	Scammon
Drove alone	93.7%	86.7%
Carpooled	0.8%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	4.8%
Other means	1.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Galena	Scammon
1-unit, detached	76.5%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	13.6%

Poverty & households

	Galena	Scammon
Poverty rate	17.0%	13.1%
Average household size	2.27	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	17	28
Median year structure built	1962	1949