Fort Riley vs Manhattan

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

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

Manhattan has the higher population (53,951 vs 8,595 in Fort Riley). Manhattan has the higher median household income ($58,441 vs $52,823 in Fort Riley). Manhattan has the higher median home value ($243,700 vs $222,100 in Fort Riley).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Riley	Manhattan
Population	8,595	53,951
Median age	22.3 yrs	25.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,823	$58,441
Median home value	$222,100	$243,700
Median gross rent	$1,283	$1,019
Housing units	1,921	24,334
Homeownership rate	2.2%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	52.1%
Unemployment rate	18.4%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Riley	Manhattan
Population	6,368 → 8,595 (+35.0%)	55,290 → 53,951 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$38,235 → $52,823 (+38.2%)	$50,537 → $58,441 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$217,900 → $222,100 (+1.9%)	$209,700 → $243,700 (+16.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,191 → $1,283 (+7.7%)	$910 → $1,019 (+12.0%)

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

Manhattan

Population

55,29053,951

Median household income

$50,537$58,441

Median home value

$209,700$243,700

Median gross rent

$910$1,019

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Riley	Manhattan
Under 5	10.4%	4.0%
5 to 17	8.7%	10.8%
18 to 24	51.5%	34.6%
25 to 34	22.1%	14.9%
35 to 44	6.1%	10.8%
45 to 54	1.0%	7.5%
55 to 64	0.2%	7.4%
65 to 74	0.0%	6.2%
75 and over	0.0%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Riley	Manhattan
White (non-Hispanic)	49.9%	75.4%
Black or African American	23.1%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	5.5%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.4%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	17.7%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Riley	Manhattan
No high school diploma	0.6%	4.6%
High school graduate	37.9%	13.8%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	28.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	24.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Riley	Manhattan
Drove alone	35.5%	68.5%
Carpooled	6.2%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	53.5%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	4.4%	12.3%
Other means	0.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Riley	Manhattan
1-unit, detached	6.8%	44.9%
1-unit, attached	50.5%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	39.3%	11.4%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	22.1%
20 or more units	0.6%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Fort Riley	Manhattan
Poverty rate	13.2%	26.1%
Average household size	2.79	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	8	17
Median year structure built	2007	1983