Republic County vs Scott County

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

Republic 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 4,662 in Republic County). Scott County has the higher median household income ($67,788 vs $53,611 in Republic County). Scott County has the higher median home value ($170,100 vs $76,000 in Republic County).

Population, income & housing

	Republic County	Scott County
Population	4,662	5,071
Median age	46.0 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,611	$67,788
Median home value	$76,000	$170,100
Median gross rent	$638	$861
Housing units	2,672	2,271
Homeownership rate	76.2%	52.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	33.4%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Republic County	Scott County
Population	4,658 → 4,662 (+0.1%)	4,917 → 5,071 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$47,976 → $53,611 (+11.7%)	$65,417 → $67,788 (+3.6%)
Median home value	$66,000 → $76,000 (+15.2%)	$136,200 → $170,100 (+24.9%)
Median gross rent	$601 → $638 (+6.2%)	$815 → $861 (+5.6%)

Republic County

Population

4,6584,662

Median household income

$47,976$53,611

Median home value

$66,000$76,000

Median gross rent

$601$638

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)

	Republic County	Scott County
Under 5	5.6%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.7%	21.0%
18 to 24	6.2%	6.0%
25 to 34	9.4%	12.0%
35 to 44	10.4%	10.5%
45 to 54	9.1%	13.5%
55 to 64	15.1%	11.5%
65 to 74	14.6%	11.2%
75 and over	11.8%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Republic County	Scott County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	76.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.7%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	20.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Republic County	Scott County
No high school diploma	5.2%	10.9%
High school graduate	30.7%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Republic County	Scott County
Drove alone	78.6%	90.1%
Carpooled	10.7%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	5.6%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Republic County	Scott County
1-unit, detached	87.6%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Republic County	Scott County
Poverty rate	14.6%	8.8%
Average household size	2.30	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	21	14
Median year structure built	1941	1959