Fort Scott is a somewhat small city located in the state of Kansas. With a population of 7,565 people and three associated neighborhoods, Fort Scott is the 48th largest community in Kansas. Much of the housing stock in Fort Scott was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 13.31% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 16.43 minutes getting to work every day.

Being a small city, Fort Scott does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The citizens of Fort Scott are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.69% of adults in Fort Scott having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Fort Scott in 2022 was $31,273, which is lower middle income relative to Kansas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $125,092 for a family of four. However, Fort Scott contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Fort Scott home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fort Scott residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Fort Scott include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Scots-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Fort Scott is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.