Cawker City vs Scottsville

A side-by-side comparison of Cawker City and Scottsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cawker City has the higher population (413 vs 20 in Scottsville). Scottsville has the higher median household income ($175,000 vs $50,313 in Cawker City). Since 2019, Cawker City's population has grown faster (-28.9% vs -35.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Cawker City	Scottsville
Population	413	20
Median age	48.9 yrs	52.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,313	$175,000
Median home value	$87,300	—
Median gross rent	$850	—
Housing units	288	13
Homeownership rate	76.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cawker City	Scottsville
Population	581 → 413 (-28.9%)	31 → 20 (-35.5%)
Median household income	$38,295 → $50,313 (+31.4%)	$151,875 → $175,000 (+15.2%)
Median home value	$59,200 → $87,300 (+47.5%)	—
Median gross rent	$585 → $850 (+45.3%)	—

Cawker City

Population

581413

Median household income

$38,295$50,313

Median home value

$59,200$87,300

Median gross rent

$585$850

Scottsville

Population

3120

Median household income

$151,875$175,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cawker City	Scottsville
Under 5	4.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	15.5%	15.0%
18 to 24	7.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	2.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	9.4%	10.0%
45 to 54	15.3%	25.0%
55 to 64	13.8%	0.0%
65 to 74	16.0%	45.0%
75 and over	15.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cawker City	Scottsville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	80.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.9%	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	0.2%	20.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cawker City	Scottsville
No high school diploma	10.4%	50.0%
High school graduate	24.4%	12.5%
Some college or associate's	44.1%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cawker City	Scottsville
Drove alone	73.9%	60.0%
Carpooled	10.6%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	33.3%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cawker City	Scottsville
1-unit, detached	77.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cawker City	Scottsville
Poverty rate	24.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.04	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	19	12
Median year structure built	1963	1938