Lowell vs Scammon

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

Lowell 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 304 in Lowell). Lowell has the higher median household income ($88,214 vs $63,125 in Scammon). Lowell has the higher median home value ($110,700 vs $81,700 in Scammon).

Population, income & housing

	Lowell	Scammon
Population	304	397
Median age	55.1 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$88,214	$63,125
Median home value	$110,700	$81,700
Median gross rent	$937	$590
Housing units	124	242
Homeownership rate	54.8%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lowell	Scammon
Population	349 → 304 (-12.9%)	574 → 397 (-30.8%)
Median household income	$32,685 → $88,214 (+169.9%)	$35,000 → $63,125 (+80.4%)
Median home value	$106,300 → $110,700 (+4.1%)	$46,700 → $81,700 (+74.9%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $937 (+60.7%)	$775 → $590 (-23.9%)

Lowell

Population

349304

Median household income

$32,685$88,214

Median home value

$106,300$110,700

Median gross rent

$583$937

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)

	Lowell	Scammon
Under 5	0.0%	4.0%
5 to 17	4.6%	13.4%
18 to 24	3.3%	3.8%
25 to 34	3.3%	10.8%
35 to 44	18.8%	10.1%
45 to 54	18.1%	14.4%
55 to 64	26.6%	20.4%
65 to 74	6.9%	16.1%
75 and over	18.4%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lowell	Scammon
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	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	7.6%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lowell	Scammon
No high school diploma	18.9%	6.7%
High school graduate	13.9%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	59.6%	45.4%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lowell	Scammon
Drove alone	92.0%	86.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lowell	Scammon
1-unit, detached	59.7%	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	40.3%	13.6%

Poverty & households

	Lowell	Scammon
Poverty rate	0.0%	13.1%
Average household size	2.05	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	18	28
Median year structure built	1997	1949