Fort Riley vs Leonardville

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

Fort Riley and Leonardville 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 600 in Leonardville). Leonardville has the higher median household income ($78,542 vs $52,823 in Fort Riley). Fort Riley has the higher median home value ($222,100 vs $113,200 in Leonardville).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Riley	Leonardville
Population	8,595	600
Median age	22.3 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,823	$78,542
Median home value	$222,100	$113,200
Median gross rent	$1,283	$1,028
Housing units	1,921	269
Homeownership rate	2.2%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	18.4%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Riley	Leonardville
Population	6,368 → 8,595 (+35.0%)	464 → 600 (+29.3%)
Median household income	$38,235 → $52,823 (+38.2%)	$51,875 → $78,542 (+51.4%)
Median home value	$217,900 → $222,100 (+1.9%)	$98,800 → $113,200 (+14.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,191 → $1,283 (+7.7%)	$620 → $1,028 (+65.8%)

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

Leonardville

Population

464600

Median household income

$51,875$78,542

Median home value

$98,800$113,200

Median gross rent

$620$1,028

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Riley	Leonardville
Under 5	10.4%	9.7%
5 to 17	8.7%	16.2%
18 to 24	51.5%	6.2%
25 to 34	22.1%	7.7%
35 to 44	6.1%	9.0%
45 to 54	1.0%	18.3%
55 to 64	0.2%	8.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	14.2%
75 and over	0.0%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Riley	Leonardville
White (non-Hispanic)	49.9%	86.5%
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%	12.5%
Hispanic or Latino	17.7%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Riley	Leonardville
No high school diploma	0.6%	3.4%
High school graduate	37.9%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	47.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Riley	Leonardville
Drove alone	35.5%	75.8%
Carpooled	6.2%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	53.5%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	4.4%	11.6%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Riley	Leonardville
1-unit, detached	6.8%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	50.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	39.3%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.6%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	15.2%

Poverty & households

	Fort Riley	Leonardville
Poverty rate	13.2%	10.5%
Average household size	2.79	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	8	22
Median year structure built	2007	1958