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Scott City city, Missouri: commercial real estate data.
Scott City city is a Census city of 4,371 people across 4.87 square miles of land, lying across Scott County and Cape Girardeau County. Median household income is $62,599, 71.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 4 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.8 m.
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Scott City
What Scott City is
- Census place typecity
- Land area4.87 sq mi
- Water area0.08 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land897
- County holding the largest share of its areaScott County, 90.7 percent
- Counties this place lies inScott County 90.7 percent, Cape Girardeau County 9.3 percent
Scott City city crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Scott City
How many people live in Scott City
- Population4,371
- Median age35.0
- Population under 181,154
- Share under 1826.4 percent
- Population 65 and over562 plus or minus 136
- Share 65 and over12.9 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Households1,726
- Family households1,216
- Share of households that are families70.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Scott City
Income and work in Scott City
- Median household income$62,599
- Per capita income$29,143
- Civilian labor force2,351
- Employed2,304
- Unemployed47 plus or minus 56
- Unemployment rate2.0 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Adults 25 and over2,750
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher86.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher15.2 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.1 percent plus or minus 2.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Scott City
Housing in Scott City
- Housing units1,784
- Occupied units1,726
- Vacant units58 plus or minus 62
- Vacancy rate3.3 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Owner occupied1,235
- Renter occupied491 plus or minus 147
- Ownership rate71.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$147,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$933
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.9 percent
- Single family units1,471
- Share single family82.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more127 plus or minus 83
- Share in buildings of two or more7.1 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Mobile homes186 plus or minus 90
- Median year structure built1967
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Scott City
How Scott City gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,104
- Commuting under 15 minutes643 plus or minus 194
- Share commuting under 15 minutes30.6 percent plus or minus 8.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more583 plus or minus 182
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more27.7 percent plus or minus 8.1
- Drove alone85.1 percent
- Carpooled6.7 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Public transport0.1 percent plus or minus 0.2
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home5.9 percent plus or minus 3.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Scott City
SBA loans in Scott City (7(a))
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$2,845,600
- Average approval$711,400
- Median approval$899,300
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,645,000
- Largest approval$1,645,000
- Jobs supported70
- Jobs per approval17.5
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises25.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS4
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Scott City
SBA loans in Scott City (504)
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$1,494,000
- Average approval$373,500
- Median approval$399,000
- Largest approval$649,000
- Jobs supported9
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Scott County, not Scott City
Scott County context, not Scott City figures
These are Scott County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Scott City measurements.
- Establishments in Scott County970
- Employment at those establishments, Scott County14,139
- Covered employment, Scott County16,179
- Average annual pay, Scott County$49,793
- Average weekly wage, Scott County$958
- Housing units permitted, Scott County119
- Of those, single family, Scott County79
- County product, 2024, Scott County$2,219,134,000
- County product change over the prior year, Scott County4.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Scott County$38,463
Every figure in this section is published for Scott County as a whole and is not a measurement of Scott City. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Scott City questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Scott City, Missouri?
4,371, in 1,726 households. Scott City city covers 4.87 square miles of land, which is 897 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Scott City in?
Scott City lies in more than one. By area it is 90.7 percent in Scott County, 9.3 percent in Cape Girardeau County. This page sits under Scott County because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in Scott City?
$62,599. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $147,500. Median gross rent is $933 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Scott City businesses?
4 7(a) approvals totalling $2.8 m, across 3 lenders, median approval $899,300, plus 4 504 approvals worth $1.5 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Scott City, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Scott City borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Scott City. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Scott City figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Scott County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Scott City.
Is zoning published for Scott City?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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