Dixon vs Fort Leonard Wood

A side-by-side comparison of Dixon and Fort Leonard Wood: population, income, housing, and more.

Dixon and Fort Leonard Wood are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fort Leonard Wood has the higher population (15,317 vs 1,267 in Dixon). Fort Leonard Wood has the higher median household income ($68,629 vs $50,260 in Dixon). Since 2019, Dixon's population has grown faster (+12.1% vs -4.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Dixon	Fort Leonard Wood
Population	1,267	15,317
Median age	33.1 yrs	20.3 yrs
Median household income	$50,260	$68,629
Median home value	$134,300	—
Median gross rent	$660	$1,169
Housing units	668	2,422
Homeownership rate	61.0%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dixon	Fort Leonard Wood
Population	1,130 → 1,267 (+12.1%)	16,026 → 15,317 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$38,438 → $50,260 (+30.8%)	$51,364 → $68,629 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$96,300 → $134,300 (+39.5%)	—
Median gross rent	$704 → $660 (-6.3%)	$1,256 → $1,169 (-6.9%)

Dixon

Population

1,1301,267

Median household income

$38,438$50,260

Median home value

$96,300$134,300

Median gross rent

$704$660

Fort Leonard Wood

Population

16,02615,317

Median household income

$51,364$68,629

Median gross rent

$1,256$1,169

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dixon	Fort Leonard Wood
Under 5	6.6%	6.2%
5 to 17	10.5%	11.2%
18 to 24	17.2%	54.0%
25 to 34	22.7%	19.5%
35 to 44	6.5%	5.9%
45 to 54	8.2%	1.9%
55 to 64	15.3%	0.9%
65 to 74	9.3%	0.2%
75 and over	3.8%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dixon	Fort Leonard Wood
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	46.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	16.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.3%	1.3%
Some other race	0.9%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.9%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	25.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dixon	Fort Leonard Wood
No high school diploma	12.0%	1.1%
High school graduate	32.2%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dixon	Fort Leonard Wood
Drove alone	81.2%	25.7%
Carpooled	13.1%	3.3%
Public transit	1.2%	0.2%
Walked	0.6%	54.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	15.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dixon	Fort Leonard Wood
1-unit, detached	82.5%	31.4%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	31.0%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	28.6%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	4.2%
20 or more units	2.4%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Dixon	Fort Leonard Wood
Poverty rate	20.1%	5.4%
Average household size	2.29	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	30	10
Median year structure built	1969	1991