Fort Leonard Wood vs St. Robert

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

Fort Leonard Wood and St. Robert 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 5,327 in St. Robert). Fort Leonard Wood has the higher median household income ($68,629 vs $60,219 in St. Robert). Since 2019, Fort Leonard Wood's population has grown faster (-4.4% vs -13.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Leonard Wood	St. Robert
Population	15,317	5,327
Median age	20.3 yrs	30.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,629	$60,219
Median home value	—	$225,100
Median gross rent	$1,169	$1,023
Housing units	2,422	2,792
Homeownership rate	0.0%	60.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.2%	33.1%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Leonard Wood	St. Robert
Population	16,026 → 15,317 (-4.4%)	6,122 → 5,327 (-13.0%)
Median household income	$51,364 → $68,629 (+33.6%)	$52,434 → $60,219 (+14.8%)
Median home value	—	$188,700 → $225,100 (+19.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,256 → $1,169 (-6.9%)	$950 → $1,023 (+7.7%)

Fort Leonard Wood

Population

16,02615,317

Median household income

$51,364$68,629

Median gross rent

$1,256$1,169

St. Robert

Population

6,1225,327

Median household income

$52,434$60,219

Median home value

$188,700$225,100

Median gross rent

$950$1,023

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Leonard Wood	St. Robert
Under 5	6.2%	10.3%
5 to 17	11.2%	13.3%
18 to 24	54.0%	13.3%
25 to 34	19.5%	20.8%
35 to 44	5.9%	12.9%
45 to 54	1.9%	10.9%
55 to 64	0.9%	5.3%
65 to 74	0.2%	6.4%
75 and over	0.0%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Leonard Wood	St. Robert
White (non-Hispanic)	46.3%	64.1%
Black or African American	16.6%	9.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	2.7%
Two or more races	6.7%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	25.5%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Leonard Wood	St. Robert
No high school diploma	1.1%	7.8%
High school graduate	23.7%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	25.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Leonard Wood	St. Robert
Drove alone	25.7%	90.0%
Carpooled	3.3%	4.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	54.8%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.5%	3.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Leonard Wood	St. Robert
1-unit, detached	31.4%	53.1%
1-unit, attached	31.0%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	28.6%	11.4%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	3.5%
20 or more units	3.0%	11.3%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	14.7%

Poverty & households

	Fort Leonard Wood	St. Robert
Poverty rate	5.4%	22.6%
Average household size	3.22	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	10	22
Median year structure built	1991	2003