Basehor vs Leavenworth

A side-by-side comparison of Basehor and Leavenworth: population, income, housing, and more.

Basehor and Leavenworth are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Leavenworth has the higher population (37,176 vs 7,229 in Basehor). Basehor has the higher median household income ($106,325 vs $71,239 in Leavenworth). Basehor has the higher median home value ($314,100 vs $176,000 in Leavenworth).

Population, income & housing

	Basehor	Leavenworth
Population	7,229	37,176
Median age	38.6 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$106,325	$71,239
Median home value	$314,100	$176,000
Median gross rent	$1,183	$1,135
Housing units	2,621	14,833
Homeownership rate	73.6%	51.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.5%	33.5%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Basehor	Leavenworth
Population	5,951 → 7,229 (+21.5%)	36,064 → 37,176 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$79,104 → $106,325 (+34.4%)	$59,132 → $71,239 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$240,600 → $314,100 (+30.5%)	$123,800 → $176,000 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,043 → $1,183 (+13.4%)	$958 → $1,135 (+18.5%)

Basehor

Population

5,9517,229

Median household income

$79,104$106,325

Median home value

$240,600$314,100

Median gross rent

$1,043$1,183

Leavenworth

Population

36,06437,176

Median household income

$59,132$71,239

Median home value

$123,800$176,000

Median gross rent

$958$1,135

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Basehor	Leavenworth
Under 5	6.3%	7.4%
5 to 17	21.9%	15.6%
18 to 24	6.8%	11.1%
25 to 34	10.1%	14.7%
35 to 44	16.2%	14.1%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.1%
55 to 64	11.3%	12.0%
65 to 74	7.1%	7.4%
75 and over	8.6%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Basehor	Leavenworth
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	70.8%
Black or African American	2.6%	11.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	0.6%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.1%
Two or more races	3.1%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Basehor	Leavenworth
No high school diploma	4.1%	8.2%
High school graduate	29.7%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Basehor	Leavenworth
Drove alone	84.3%	76.8%
Carpooled	2.7%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.3%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Basehor	Leavenworth
1-unit, detached	72.9%	66.0%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	11.9%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	9.0%
20 or more units	5.6%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Basehor	Leavenworth
Poverty rate	5.9%	12.3%
Average household size	2.75	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	28	19
Median year structure built	2004	1969