Miner vs Scott City

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

Miner 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 930 in Miner). Scott City has the higher median household income ($61,581 vs $52,375 in Miner). Scott City has the higher median home value ($134,900 vs $132,800 in Miner).

Population, income & housing

	Miner	Scott City
Population	930	4,354
Median age	40.3 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,375	$61,581
Median home value	$132,800	$134,900
Median gross rent	$610	$791
Housing units	355	1,849
Homeownership rate	86.0%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Miner	Scott City
Population	1,039 → 930 (-10.5%)	4,498 → 4,354 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$39,667 → $52,375 (+32.0%)	$38,462 → $61,581 (+60.1%)
Median home value	$88,400 → $132,800 (+50.2%)	$93,300 → $134,900 (+44.6%)
Median gross rent	$567 → $610 (+7.6%)	$751 → $791 (+5.3%)

Miner

Population

1,039930

Median household income

$39,667$52,375

Median home value

$88,400$132,800

Median gross rent

$567$610

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)

	Miner	Scott City
Under 5	7.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	18.2%	17.4%
18 to 24	10.0%	11.9%
25 to 34	11.9%	11.6%
35 to 44	5.7%	13.4%
45 to 54	17.2%	14.5%
55 to 64	9.8%	13.0%
65 to 74	11.2%	7.8%
75 and over	9.0%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Miner	Scott City
White (non-Hispanic)	68.7%	93.0%
Black or African American	12.3%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	3.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	15.2%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Miner	Scott City
No high school diploma	11.1%	18.3%
High school graduate	56.9%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	17.1%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Miner	Scott City
Drove alone	88.3%	81.9%
Carpooled	3.6%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	5.8%
Other means	3.2%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Miner	Scott City
1-unit, detached	85.9%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Miner	Scott City
Poverty rate	13.2%	15.5%
Average household size	2.55	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	17	21
Median year structure built	1977	1969