Scott City vs Sikeston

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

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

Sikeston has the higher population (16,231 vs 4,354 in Scott City). Scott City has the higher median household income ($61,581 vs $53,203 in Sikeston). Sikeston has the higher median home value ($158,100 vs $134,900 in Scott City).

Population, income & housing

	Scott City	Sikeston
Population	4,354	16,231
Median age	36.2 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$61,581	$53,203
Median home value	$134,900	$158,100
Median gross rent	$791	$827
Housing units	1,849	7,600
Homeownership rate	65.1%	59.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Scott City	Sikeston
Population	4,498 → 4,354 (-3.2%)	16,200 → 16,231 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$38,462 → $61,581 (+60.1%)	$39,803 → $53,203 (+33.7%)
Median home value	$93,300 → $134,900 (+44.6%)	$121,400 → $158,100 (+30.2%)
Median gross rent	$751 → $791 (+5.3%)	$712 → $827 (+16.2%)

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

Sikeston

Population

16,20016,231

Median household income

$39,803$53,203

Median home value

$121,400$158,100

Median gross rent

$712$827

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Scott City	Sikeston
Under 5	6.5%	6.7%
5 to 17	17.4%	18.2%
18 to 24	11.9%	7.8%
25 to 34	11.6%	15.2%
35 to 44	13.4%	9.5%
45 to 54	14.5%	10.0%
55 to 64	13.0%	10.9%
65 to 74	7.8%	10.8%
75 and over	3.9%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Scott City	Sikeston
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	66.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	24.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Scott City	Sikeston
No high school diploma	18.3%	12.3%
High school graduate	39.1%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Scott City	Sikeston
Drove alone	81.9%	80.5%
Carpooled	9.4%	14.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	3.1%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Scott City	Sikeston
1-unit, detached	73.2%	74.5%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Scott City	Sikeston
Poverty rate	15.5%	16.5%
Average household size	2.52	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	21	16
Median year structure built	1969	1975