Chaffee vs Scott City

A side-by-side comparison of Chaffee and Scott City: population, income, housing, and more.

Chaffee and Scott City are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Scott City has the higher population (4,354 vs 3,039 in Chaffee). Scott City has the higher median household income ($61,581 vs $41,024 in Chaffee). Scott City has the higher median home value ($134,900 vs $120,900 in Chaffee).

Population, income & housing

	Chaffee	Scott City
Population	3,039	4,354
Median age	41.3 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$41,024	$61,581
Median home value	$120,900	$134,900
Median gross rent	$713	$791
Housing units	1,464	1,849
Homeownership rate	65.3%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chaffee	Scott City
Population	2,919 → 3,039 (+4.1%)	4,498 → 4,354 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$42,113 → $41,024 (-2.6%)	$38,462 → $61,581 (+60.1%)
Median home value	$87,100 → $120,900 (+38.8%)	$93,300 → $134,900 (+44.6%)
Median gross rent	$783 → $713 (-8.9%)	$751 → $791 (+5.3%)

Chaffee

Population

2,9193,039

Median household income

$42,113$41,024

Median home value

$87,100$120,900

Median gross rent

$783$713

Scott City

Population

4,4984,354

Median household income

$38,462$61,581

Median home value

$93,300$134,900

Median gross rent

$751$791

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chaffee	Scott City
Under 5	7.9%	6.5%
5 to 17	21.3%	17.4%
18 to 24	6.5%	11.9%
25 to 34	11.0%	11.6%
35 to 44	9.9%	13.4%
45 to 54	8.6%	14.5%
55 to 64	18.1%	13.0%
65 to 74	5.8%	7.8%
75 and over	11.0%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chaffee	Scott City
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	93.0%
Black or African American	4.7%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chaffee	Scott City
No high school diploma	12.1%	18.3%
High school graduate	37.8%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chaffee	Scott City
Drove alone	73.3%	81.9%
Carpooled	18.4%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	5.8%
Other means	4.7%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chaffee	Scott City
1-unit, detached	70.0%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	15.5%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Chaffee	Scott City
Poverty rate	14.1%	15.5%
Average household size	2.23	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1965	1969