Fort Riley vs Ogden

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

Fort Riley and Ogden 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 1,628 in Ogden). Ogden has the higher median household income ($61,953 vs $52,823 in Fort Riley). Fort Riley has the higher median home value ($222,100 vs $149,700 in Ogden).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Riley	Ogden
Population	8,595	1,628
Median age	22.3 yrs	27.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,823	$61,953
Median home value	$222,100	$149,700
Median gross rent	$1,283	$1,164
Housing units	1,921	870
Homeownership rate	2.2%	53.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	33.4%
Unemployment rate	18.4%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Riley	Ogden
Population	6,368 → 8,595 (+35.0%)	1,600 → 1,628 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$38,235 → $52,823 (+38.2%)	$44,554 → $61,953 (+39.1%)
Median home value	$217,900 → $222,100 (+1.9%)	$106,600 → $149,700 (+40.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,191 → $1,283 (+7.7%)	$812 → $1,164 (+43.3%)

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

Ogden

Population

1,6001,628

Median household income

$44,554$61,953

Median home value

$106,600$149,700

Median gross rent

$812$1,164

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Riley	Ogden
Under 5	10.4%	7.4%
5 to 17	8.7%	19.2%
18 to 24	51.5%	11.9%
25 to 34	22.1%	27.5%
35 to 44	6.1%	8.9%
45 to 54	1.0%	9.2%
55 to 64	0.2%	9.6%
65 to 74	0.0%	3.1%
75 and over	0.0%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Riley	Ogden
White (non-Hispanic)	49.9%	64.7%
Black or African American	23.1%	10.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.4%
Asian	5.5%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	17.7%	17.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Riley	Ogden
No high school diploma	0.6%	2.6%
High school graduate	37.9%	16.6%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	47.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Riley	Ogden
Drove alone	35.5%	85.8%
Carpooled	6.2%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	53.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	2.4%
Other means	0.4%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Riley	Ogden
1-unit, detached	6.8%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	50.5%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	39.3%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	11.4%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.2%

Poverty & households

	Fort Riley	Ogden
Poverty rate	13.2%	4.7%
Average household size	2.79	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	8	21
Median year structure built	2007	1996