Republic vs Scandia

A side-by-side comparison of Republic and Scandia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Scandia has the higher population (305 vs 144 in Republic). Republic has the higher median household income ($70,259 vs $49,464 in Scandia). Since 2019, Republic's population has grown faster (+42.6% vs -32.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Republic	Scandia
Population	144	305
Median age	61.8 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$70,259	$49,464
Median home value	—	$68,300
Median gross rent	—	$670
Housing units	113	213
Homeownership rate	92.5%	59.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.4%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Republic	Scandia
Population	101 → 144 (+42.6%)	454 → 305 (-32.8%)
Median household income	$27,159 → $70,259 (+158.7%)	$48,125 → $49,464 (+2.8%)
Median home value	$30,600 → $9,999 (-67.3%)	$47,900 → $68,300 (+42.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$521 → $670 (+28.6%)

Republic

Population

101144

Median household income

$27,159$70,259

Median home value

$30,600$9,999

Scandia

Population

454305

Median household income

$48,125$49,464

Median home value

$47,900$68,300

Median gross rent

$521$670

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Republic	Scandia
Under 5	1.4%	9.2%
5 to 17	7.6%	7.5%
18 to 24	8.3%	3.0%
25 to 34	13.9%	16.1%
35 to 44	4.9%	7.2%
45 to 54	3.5%	11.5%
55 to 64	21.5%	9.5%
65 to 74	38.9%	11.1%
75 and over	0.0%	24.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Republic	Scandia
White (non-Hispanic)	76.4%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	20.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Republic	Scandia
No high school diploma	6.7%	4.5%
High school graduate	22.7%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	67.2%	49.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Republic	Scandia
Drove alone	86.3%	69.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	21.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Republic	Scandia
1-unit, detached	92.9%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Republic	Scandia
Poverty rate	9.0%	8.4%
Average household size	1.80	1.77
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1938	1946