Oran vs Scott City

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

Oran 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 1,137 in Oran). Scott City has the higher median household income ($61,581 vs $57,404 in Oran). Scott City has the higher median home value ($134,900 vs $130,200 in Oran).

Population, income & housing

	Oran	Scott City
Population	1,137	4,354
Median age	38.7 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,404	$61,581
Median home value	$130,200	$134,900
Median gross rent	$780	$791
Housing units	508	1,849
Homeownership rate	59.7%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oran	Scott City
Population	1,512 → 1,137 (-24.8%)	4,498 → 4,354 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$38,295 → $57,404 (+49.9%)	$38,462 → $61,581 (+60.1%)
Median home value	$95,100 → $130,200 (+36.9%)	$93,300 → $134,900 (+44.6%)
Median gross rent	$550 → $780 (+41.8%)	$751 → $791 (+5.3%)

Oran

Population

1,5121,137

Median household income

$38,295$57,404

Median home value

$95,100$130,200

Median gross rent

$550$780

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)

	Oran	Scott City
Under 5	5.5%	6.5%
5 to 17	17.0%	17.4%
18 to 24	9.4%	11.9%
25 to 34	13.5%	11.6%
35 to 44	14.0%	13.4%
45 to 54	13.3%	14.5%
55 to 64	11.8%	13.0%
65 to 74	10.1%	7.8%
75 and over	5.4%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oran	Scott City
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	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	7.8%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oran	Scott City
No high school diploma	16.7%	18.3%
High school graduate	37.5%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oran	Scott City
Drove alone	74.0%	81.9%
Carpooled	13.1%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	2.2%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	5.8%
Other means	3.1%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oran	Scott City
1-unit, detached	90.4%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Oran	Scott City
Poverty rate	14.9%	15.5%
Average household size	2.49	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1959	1969