Fort Riley vs Riley

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

Fort Riley and Riley 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 826 in Riley). Riley has the higher median household income ($78,125 vs $52,823 in Fort Riley). Fort Riley has the higher median home value ($222,100 vs $164,000 in Riley).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Riley	Riley
Population	8,595	826
Median age	22.3 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$52,823	$78,125
Median home value	$222,100	$164,000
Median gross rent	$1,283	$1,301
Housing units	1,921	388
Homeownership rate	2.2%	89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	18.4%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Riley	Riley
Population	6,368 → 8,595 (+35.0%)	1,421 → 826 (-41.9%)
Median household income	$38,235 → $52,823 (+38.2%)	$53,257 → $78,125 (+46.7%)
Median home value	$217,900 → $222,100 (+1.9%)	$139,800 → $164,000 (+17.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,191 → $1,283 (+7.7%)	$810 → $1,301 (+60.6%)

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

Riley

Population

1,421826

Median household income

$53,257$78,125

Median home value

$139,800$164,000

Median gross rent

$810$1,301

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Riley	Riley
Under 5	10.4%	8.7%
5 to 17	8.7%	21.7%
18 to 24	51.5%	4.7%
25 to 34	22.1%	8.6%
35 to 44	6.1%	19.5%
45 to 54	1.0%	13.6%
55 to 64	0.2%	9.3%
65 to 74	0.0%	9.8%
75 and over	0.0%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Riley	Riley
White (non-Hispanic)	49.9%	91.0%
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%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	17.7%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Riley	Riley
No high school diploma	0.6%	4.1%
High school graduate	37.9%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Riley	Riley
Drove alone	35.5%	72.3%
Carpooled	6.2%	15.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	53.5%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	8.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Riley	Riley
1-unit, detached	6.8%	92.8%
1-unit, attached	50.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	39.3%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.6%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Fort Riley	Riley
Poverty rate	13.2%	2.2%
Average household size	2.79	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	8	26
Median year structure built	2007	1966