Scammon vs Weir

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

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

Weir has the higher population (910 vs 397 in Scammon). Scammon has the higher median household income ($63,125 vs $51,625 in Weir). Scammon has the higher median home value ($81,700 vs $55,400 in Weir).

Population, income & housing

	Scammon	Weir
Population	397	910
Median age	51.8 yrs	14.4 yrs
Median household income	$63,125	$51,625
Median home value	$81,700	$55,400
Median gross rent	$590	$638
Housing units	242	296
Homeownership rate	82.4%	69.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Scammon	Weir
Population	574 → 397 (-30.8%)	659 → 910 (+38.1%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $63,125 (+80.4%)	$33,500 → $51,625 (+54.1%)
Median home value	$46,700 → $81,700 (+74.9%)	$52,600 → $55,400 (+5.3%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $590 (-23.9%)	$545 → $638 (+17.1%)

Scammon

Population

574397

Median household income

$35,000$63,125

Median home value

$46,700$81,700

Median gross rent

$775$590

Weir

Population

659910

Median household income

$33,500$51,625

Median home value

$52,600$55,400

Median gross rent

$545$638

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Scammon	Weir
Under 5	4.0%	18.0%
5 to 17	13.4%	36.3%
18 to 24	3.8%	4.2%
25 to 34	10.8%	12.9%
35 to 44	10.1%	8.7%
45 to 54	14.4%	5.9%
55 to 64	20.4%	5.9%
65 to 74	16.1%	2.9%
75 and over	7.1%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Scammon	Weir
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	91.9%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.7%
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	4.0%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Scammon	Weir
No high school diploma	6.7%	13.8%
High school graduate	32.6%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	45.4%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Scammon	Weir
Drove alone	86.7%	86.1%
Carpooled	7.1%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	4.5%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Scammon	Weir
1-unit, detached	85.5%	67.6%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.6%	31.4%

Poverty & households

	Scammon	Weir
Poverty rate	13.1%	17.4%
Average household size	2.11	3.94
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1949	1971