Kelso vs Scott City

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

Kelso 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 593 in Kelso). Scott City has the higher median household income ($61,581 vs $54,853 in Kelso). Kelso has the higher median home value ($213,800 vs $134,900 in Scott City).

Population, income & housing

	Kelso	Scott City
Population	593	4,354
Median age	32.8 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$54,853	$61,581
Median home value	$213,800	$134,900
Median gross rent	$810	$791
Housing units	251	1,849
Homeownership rate	66.4%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kelso	Scott City
Population	592 → 593 (+0.2%)	4,498 → 4,354 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$54,375 → $54,853 (+0.9%)	$38,462 → $61,581 (+60.1%)
Median home value	$179,200 → $213,800 (+19.3%)	$93,300 → $134,900 (+44.6%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $810 (+17.1%)	$751 → $791 (+5.3%)

Kelso

Population

592593

Median household income

$54,375$54,853

Median home value

$179,200$213,800

Median gross rent

$692$810

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)

	Kelso	Scott City
Under 5	8.3%	6.5%
5 to 17	14.7%	17.4%
18 to 24	13.8%	11.9%
25 to 34	18.0%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.0%	13.4%
45 to 54	4.7%	14.5%
55 to 64	8.8%	13.0%
65 to 74	15.0%	7.8%
75 and over	5.7%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kelso	Scott City
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	1.2%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kelso	Scott City
No high school diploma	3.2%	18.3%
High school graduate	36.5%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kelso	Scott City
Drove alone	89.1%	81.9%
Carpooled	7.7%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.4%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kelso	Scott City
1-unit, detached	84.9%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	14.7%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Kelso	Scott City
Poverty rate	12.0%	15.5%
Average household size	2.49	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1983	1969