Glen Elder vs Scottsville

A side-by-side comparison of Glen Elder and Scottsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Glen Elder has the higher population (520 vs 20 in Scottsville). Scottsville has the higher median household income ($175,000 vs $73,542 in Glen Elder). Since 2019, Glen Elder's population has grown faster (+18.7% vs -35.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Glen Elder	Scottsville
Population	520	20
Median age	42.9 yrs	52.5 yrs
Median household income	$73,542	$175,000
Median gross rent	$483	—
Housing units	338	13
Homeownership rate	76.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glen Elder	Scottsville
Population	438 → 520 (+18.7%)	31 → 20 (-35.5%)
Median household income	$46,771 → $73,542 (+57.2%)	$151,875 → $175,000 (+15.2%)
Median home value	$70,300 → $137,500 (+95.6%)	—
Median gross rent	$431 → $483 (+12.1%)	—

Glen Elder

Population

438520

Median household income

$46,771$73,542

Median home value

$70,300$137,500

Median gross rent

$431$483

Scottsville

Population

3120

Median household income

$151,875$175,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glen Elder	Scottsville
Under 5	6.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	10.4%	15.0%
18 to 24	8.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.2%	0.0%
35 to 44	21.5%	10.0%
45 to 54	4.6%	25.0%
55 to 64	18.7%	0.0%
65 to 74	9.2%	45.0%
75 and over	10.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glen Elder	Scottsville
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	80.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	20.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glen Elder	Scottsville
No high school diploma	2.3%	50.0%
High school graduate	30.2%	12.5%
Some college or associate's	48.6%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glen Elder	Scottsville
Drove alone	69.9%	60.0%
Carpooled	2.7%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.0%	33.3%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glen Elder	Scottsville
1-unit, detached	77.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Glen Elder	Scottsville
Poverty rate	6.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.01	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	11	12
Median year structure built	1963	1938