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. Fort Scott has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 13.31% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

One of the benefits of Fort Scott is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.43 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

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

The education level of Fort Scott citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 21.69% of adults in Fort Scott have at least a bachelor's 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.