Johnson County and the urban northeast corner of Kansas have built a reputation for being one of the wealthiest zip codes in the nation. While there’s money in technology and the related industry, Kansas is still an agricultural state, so it should be no surprise that one can also find high-income counties much farther to the west. Scott County is in the No. 3 spot in Kansas when it comes to median income, according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Median income – which is the mid-point and not average – for Scott County is $80,900 per household. That compares with $86,600 in the Kansas City metro area and No. 2 Douglas County (Lawrence) at $84,500. “Because we’re the No. 2 ag producing county in the state, we’ve consistently ranked very high when it comes to household income,” says Katie Eisenhour, director of the Scott County Development Committee.
Source: Scott County Record.
