Kansas · Census place 2063600

Scott City, Kansas

Scott City is a city in Scott County, Kansas with an estimated 3,929 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 74th largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,929
#74 of 193 in Kansas
Change since 2020
-4.3%
-177 people
Land area
2.7 sq mi
Density
1,450 / sq mi
State median 1,527
Orange pin: Scott City. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Topeka.

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Scott City population, 2020 to 2024

Scott City lost 177 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.3%. In the latest year it moved by -39.

4,10620204,09220214,00820223,96820233,9292024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,114. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Scott City covers 2.71 square miles of land, for 1,450 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Scott City is close to the typical town.

What county Scott City is in

All of Scott City's residents live in Scott County, which had 4,914 residents in 2024. Scott City holds 80.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Scott City

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Scott City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 67871. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Scott City is

The Census internal point of Scott City is at 38.478900, -100.903100. Topeka, the capital, is 284.2 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Garden City, KS (27,996 people), 34.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wichita, KS, 201.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.478900, -100.903100
DMS
38°28'44.04"N 100°54'11.16"W
UTM
14N 333998.4E 4260667.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
85CXF3HW+HQ

Daylight in Scott City

At 38.48° N, Scott City gets about 14 h 51 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 29 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 23 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Scott City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Leoti, 24.6 miles away, with 1,424 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Scott City, KS?

3,929 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 177 (4.3%) from 4,106 in July 2020.

What county is Scott City in?

Scott County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Scott City?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 67871.

How far is Scott City from Topeka?

284.2 miles (457.4 km) in a straight line, heading E from Scott City.

What is the nearest larger city to Scott City?

Garden City, KS, with 27,996 residents, 34.9 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.