Hallowell vs Scammon

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

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

Scammon has the higher population (397 vs 53 in Hallowell). Hallowell has the higher median household income ($120,000 vs $63,125 in Scammon). Scammon has the higher median home value ($81,700 vs $60,000 in Hallowell).

Population, income & housing

	Hallowell	Scammon
Population	53	397
Median age	52.6 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$120,000	$63,125
Median home value	$60,000	$81,700
Median gross rent	—	$590
Housing units	71	242
Homeownership rate	100.0%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	17.8%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hallowell	Scammon
Population	49 → 53 (+8.2%)	574 → 397 (-30.8%)
Median household income	$27,000 → $120,000 (+344.4%)	$35,000 → $63,125 (+80.4%)
Median home value	—	$46,700 → $81,700 (+74.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$775 → $590 (-23.9%)

Hallowell

Population

4953

Median household income

$27,000$120,000

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)

	Hallowell	Scammon
Under 5	0.0%	4.0%
5 to 17	7.5%	13.4%
18 to 24	15.1%	3.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.8%
35 to 44	13.2%	10.1%
45 to 54	26.4%	14.4%
55 to 64	37.7%	20.4%
65 to 74	0.0%	16.1%
75 and over	0.0%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hallowell	Scammon
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	15.1%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hallowell	Scammon
No high school diploma	19.5%	6.7%
High school graduate	43.9%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	45.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hallowell	Scammon
Drove alone	89.2%	86.7%
Carpooled	10.8%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hallowell	Scammon
1-unit, detached	94.4%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	13.6%

Poverty & households

	Hallowell	Scammon
Poverty rate	0.0%	13.1%
Average household size	3.31	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1986	1949