Scottsville vs Tipton

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

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

Tipton has the higher population (211 vs 20 in Scottsville). Since 2019, Tipton's population has grown faster (-0.5% vs -35.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Scottsville	Tipton
Population	20	211
Median age	52.5 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	$175,000	—
Median home value	—	$101,400
Median gross rent	—	$435
Housing units	13	159
Homeownership rate	100.0%	53.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Scottsville	Tipton
Population	31 → 20 (-35.5%)	212 → 211 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$151,875 → $175,000 (+15.2%)	$53,917 → $35,750 (-33.7%)
Median home value	—	$69,600 → $101,400 (+45.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$436 → $435 (-0.2%)

Scottsville

Population

3120

Median household income

$151,875$175,000

Tipton

Population

212211

Median household income

$53,917$35,750

Median home value

$69,600$101,400

Median gross rent

$436$435

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Scottsville	Tipton
Under 5	5.0%	2.4%
5 to 17	15.0%	6.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	19.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	12.3%
35 to 44	10.0%	3.8%
45 to 54	25.0%	8.1%
55 to 64	0.0%	12.3%
65 to 74	45.0%	12.3%
75 and over	0.0%	23.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Scottsville	Tipton
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	99.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	20.0%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Scottsville	Tipton
No high school diploma	50.0%	2.6%
High school graduate	12.5%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Scottsville	Tipton
Drove alone	60.0%	81.1%
Carpooled	6.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	13.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	33.3%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Scottsville	Tipton
1-unit, detached	100.0%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Scottsville	Tipton
Poverty rate	0.0%	8.5%
Average household size	2.00	1.51
Mean commute (minutes)	12	14
Median year structure built	1938	1938