Fort Leonard Wood vs Waynesville

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

Fort Leonard Wood and Waynesville 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 5,422 in Waynesville). Waynesville has the higher median household income ($75,179 vs $68,629 in Fort Leonard Wood). Since 2019, Waynesville's population has grown faster (+3.1% vs -4.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Leonard Wood	Waynesville
Population	15,317	5,422
Median age	20.3 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$68,629	$75,179
Median home value	—	$204,100
Median gross rent	$1,169	$899
Housing units	2,422	2,745
Homeownership rate	0.0%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.2%	36.6%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Leonard Wood	Waynesville
Population	16,026 → 15,317 (-4.4%)	5,257 → 5,422 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$51,364 → $68,629 (+33.6%)	$60,625 → $75,179 (+24.0%)
Median home value	—	$186,600 → $204,100 (+9.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,256 → $1,169 (-6.9%)	$895 → $899 (+0.4%)

Fort Leonard Wood

Population

16,02615,317

Median household income

$51,364$68,629

Median gross rent

$1,256$1,169

Waynesville

Population

5,2575,422

Median household income

$60,625$75,179

Median home value

$186,600$204,100

Median gross rent

$895$899

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Leonard Wood	Waynesville
Under 5	6.2%	6.0%
5 to 17	11.2%	17.9%
18 to 24	54.0%	5.0%
25 to 34	19.5%	21.9%
35 to 44	5.9%	14.8%
45 to 54	1.9%	10.1%
55 to 64	0.9%	6.4%
65 to 74	0.2%	7.8%
75 and over	0.0%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Leonard Wood	Waynesville
White (non-Hispanic)	46.3%	76.6%
Black or African American	16.6%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.6%
Asian	2.5%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.7%	10.0%
Hispanic or Latino	25.5%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Leonard Wood	Waynesville
No high school diploma	1.1%	3.4%
High school graduate	23.7%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	15.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Leonard Wood	Waynesville
Drove alone	25.7%	82.8%
Carpooled	3.3%	7.8%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	54.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.5%	8.5%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Leonard Wood	Waynesville
1-unit, detached	31.4%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	31.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	28.6%	21.6%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	1.6%
20 or more units	3.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Fort Leonard Wood	Waynesville
Poverty rate	5.4%	11.9%
Average household size	3.22	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	10	18
Median year structure built	1991	1981