Fort Riley vs Keats

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Riley and Keats: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fort Riley has the higher population (8,595 vs 129 in Keats). Since 2019, Fort Riley's population has grown faster (+35.0% vs -38.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Riley	Keats
Population	8,595	129
Median age	22.3 yrs	14.6 yrs
Median household income	$52,823	—
Median home value	$222,100	—
Median gross rent	$1,283	—
Housing units	1,921	47
Homeownership rate	2.2%	6.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	18.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Riley	Keats
Population	6,368 → 8,595 (+35.0%)	210 → 129 (-38.6%)
Median household income	$38,235 → $52,823 (+38.2%)	—
Median home value	$217,900 → $222,100 (+1.9%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,191 → $1,283 (+7.7%)	—

Fort Riley

Population

6,3688,595

Median household income

$38,235$52,823

Median home value

$217,900$222,100

Median gross rent

$1,191$1,283

Keats

Population

210129

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Riley	Keats
Under 5	10.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.7%	63.6%
18 to 24	51.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	22.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	6.1%	34.1%
45 to 54	1.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	0.2%	0.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	2.3%
75 and over	0.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Riley	Keats
White (non-Hispanic)	49.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	23.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	5.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	17.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Riley	Keats
No high school diploma	0.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	37.9%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Riley	Keats
Drove alone	35.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	6.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	53.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Riley	Keats
1-unit, detached	6.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	50.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	39.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fort Riley	Keats
Poverty rate	13.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.79	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	8	—
Median year structure built	2007	—