Leavenworth vs Tonganoxie

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

Leavenworth and Tonganoxie 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 5,693 in Tonganoxie). Tonganoxie has the higher median household income ($77,500 vs $71,239 in Leavenworth). Tonganoxie has the higher median home value ($227,700 vs $176,000 in Leavenworth).

Population, income & housing

	Leavenworth	Tonganoxie
Population	37,176	5,693
Median age	35.6 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$71,239	$77,500
Median home value	$176,000	$227,700
Median gross rent	$1,135	$1,158
Housing units	14,833	2,232
Homeownership rate	51.5%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.5%	37.9%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leavenworth	Tonganoxie
Population	36,064 → 37,176 (+3.1%)	5,359 → 5,693 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$59,132 → $71,239 (+20.5%)	$72,469 → $77,500 (+6.9%)
Median home value	$123,800 → $176,000 (+42.2%)	$165,300 → $227,700 (+37.7%)
Median gross rent	$958 → $1,135 (+18.5%)	$936 → $1,158 (+23.7%)

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

Tonganoxie

Population

5,3595,693

Median household income

$72,469$77,500

Median home value

$165,300$227,700

Median gross rent

$936$1,158

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leavenworth	Tonganoxie
Under 5	7.4%	5.8%
5 to 17	15.6%	20.0%
18 to 24	11.1%	8.1%
25 to 34	14.7%	13.7%
35 to 44	14.1%	14.2%
45 to 54	12.1%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.0%	10.4%
65 to 74	7.4%	11.8%
75 and over	5.7%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leavenworth	Tonganoxie
White (non-Hispanic)	70.8%	82.2%
Black or African American	11.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.2%
Asian	1.9%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leavenworth	Tonganoxie
No high school diploma	8.2%	2.6%
High school graduate	25.9%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leavenworth	Tonganoxie
Drove alone	76.8%	78.1%
Carpooled	10.6%	10.4%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	4.1%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	6.6%
Other means	1.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leavenworth	Tonganoxie
1-unit, detached	66.0%	59.7%
1-unit, attached	11.9%	16.3%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	19.6%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Leavenworth	Tonganoxie
Poverty rate	12.3%	11.4%
Average household size	2.46	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	19	29
Median year structure built	1969	1992