Phillips County vs Scott County

A side-by-side comparison of Phillips County and Scott County: population, income, housing, and more.

Phillips County and Scott County are counties in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Scott County has the higher population (5,071 vs 4,874 in Phillips County). Scott County has the higher median household income ($67,788 vs $61,235 in Phillips County). Scott County has the higher median home value ($170,100 vs $94,700 in Phillips County).

Population, income & housing

	Phillips County	Scott County
Population	4,874	5,071
Median age	44.6 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,235	$67,788
Median home value	$94,700	$170,100
Median gross rent	$621	$861
Housing units	2,797	2,271
Homeownership rate	74.9%	52.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	33.4%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Phillips County	Scott County
Population	5,340 → 4,874 (-8.7%)	4,917 → 5,071 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$50,093 → $61,235 (+22.2%)	$65,417 → $67,788 (+3.6%)
Median home value	$79,600 → $94,700 (+19.0%)	$136,200 → $170,100 (+24.9%)
Median gross rent	$616 → $621 (+0.8%)	$815 → $861 (+5.6%)

Phillips County

Population

5,3404,874

Median household income

$50,093$61,235

Median home value

$79,600$94,700

Median gross rent

$616$621

Scott County

Population

4,9175,071

Median household income

$65,417$67,788

Median home value

$136,200$170,100

Median gross rent

$815$861

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Phillips County	Scott County
Under 5	6.3%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.7%	21.0%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	10.2%	12.0%
35 to 44	10.2%	10.5%
45 to 54	9.9%	13.5%
55 to 64	15.1%	11.5%
65 to 74	14.2%	11.2%
75 and over	10.4%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Phillips County	Scott County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	76.4%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	20.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Phillips County	Scott County
No high school diploma	7.6%	10.9%
High school graduate	33.2%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Phillips County	Scott County
Drove alone	81.9%	90.1%
Carpooled	9.7%	4.1%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	5.6%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Phillips County	Scott County
1-unit, detached	89.2%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Phillips County	Scott County
Poverty rate	13.8%	8.8%
Average household size	2.20	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	19	14
Median year structure built	1958	1959