Fort Riley vs Randolph

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

Fort Riley and Randolph 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 182 in Randolph). Randolph has the higher median household income ($71,071 vs $52,823 in Fort Riley). Fort Riley has the higher median home value ($222,100 vs $156,800 in Randolph).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Riley	Randolph
Population	8,595	182
Median age	22.3 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,823	$71,071
Median home value	$222,100	$156,800
Median gross rent	$1,283	$960
Housing units	1,921	77
Homeownership rate	2.2%	88.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	18.4%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Riley	Randolph
Population	6,368 → 8,595 (+35.0%)	173 → 182 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$38,235 → $52,823 (+38.2%)	$68,750 → $71,071 (+3.4%)
Median home value	$217,900 → $222,100 (+1.9%)	$116,700 → $156,800 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,191 → $1,283 (+7.7%)	$788 → $960 (+21.8%)

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

Randolph

Population

173182

Median household income

$68,750$71,071

Median home value

$116,700$156,800

Median gross rent

$788$960

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Riley	Randolph
Under 5	10.4%	7.1%
5 to 17	8.7%	20.3%
18 to 24	51.5%	9.3%
25 to 34	22.1%	13.7%
35 to 44	6.1%	6.0%
45 to 54	1.0%	6.6%
55 to 64	0.2%	12.6%
65 to 74	0.0%	13.7%
75 and over	0.0%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Riley	Randolph
White (non-Hispanic)	49.9%	78.0%
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%	17.0%
Hispanic or Latino	17.7%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Riley	Randolph
No high school diploma	0.6%	5.2%
High school graduate	37.9%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Riley	Randolph
Drove alone	35.5%	87.4%
Carpooled	6.2%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	53.5%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	5.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Riley	Randolph
1-unit, detached	6.8%	92.2%
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%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Fort Riley	Randolph
Poverty rate	13.2%	10.4%
Average household size	2.79	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	8	15
Median year structure built	2007	1974