Scammon vs West Mineral

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

Scammon and West Mineral 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 155 in West Mineral). Scammon has the higher median household income ($63,125 vs $40,417 in West Mineral). Scammon has the higher median home value ($81,700 vs $36,800 in West Mineral).

Population, income & housing

	Scammon	West Mineral
Population	397	155
Median age	51.8 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$63,125	$40,417
Median home value	$81,700	$36,800
Median gross rent	$590	$1,300
Housing units	242	87
Homeownership rate	82.4%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	4.5%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Scammon	West Mineral
Population	574 → 397 (-30.8%)	129 → 155 (+20.2%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $63,125 (+80.4%)	$32,500 → $40,417 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$46,700 → $81,700 (+74.9%)	$29,500 → $36,800 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $590 (-23.9%)	$1,042 → $1,300 (+24.8%)

Scammon

Population

574397

Median household income

$35,000$63,125

Median home value

$46,700$81,700

Median gross rent

$775$590

West Mineral

Population

129155

Median household income

$32,500$40,417

Median home value

$29,500$36,800

Median gross rent

$1,042$1,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Scammon	West Mineral
Under 5	4.0%	7.7%
5 to 17	13.4%	16.8%
18 to 24	3.8%	4.5%
25 to 34	10.8%	13.5%
35 to 44	10.1%	7.1%
45 to 54	14.4%	21.3%
55 to 64	20.4%	5.2%
65 to 74	16.1%	12.3%
75 and over	7.1%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Scammon	West Mineral
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	72.3%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.0%
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	4.0%	21.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Scammon	West Mineral
No high school diploma	6.7%	11.8%
High school graduate	32.6%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	45.4%	55.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	0.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Scammon	West Mineral
Drove alone	86.7%	75.4%
Carpooled	7.1%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	9.8%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Scammon	West Mineral
1-unit, detached	85.5%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.6%	23.0%

Poverty & households

	Scammon	West Mineral
Poverty rate	13.1%	9.0%
Average household size	2.11	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	28	18
Median year structure built	1949	1970