Douglas County vs Leavenworth County

A side-by-side comparison of Douglas County and Leavenworth County: population, income, housing, and more.

Douglas County and Leavenworth County are counties in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Douglas County has the higher population (119,547 vs 82,493 in Leavenworth County). Leavenworth County has the higher median household income ($86,906 vs $68,756 in Douglas County). Douglas County has the higher median home value ($281,600 vs $260,600 in Leavenworth County).

Population, income & housing

	Douglas County	Leavenworth County
Population	119,547	82,493
Median age	31.3 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$68,756	$86,906
Median home value	$281,600	$260,600
Median gross rent	$1,066	$1,138
Housing units	53,308	31,589
Homeownership rate	49.5%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.0%	36.6%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Douglas County	Leavenworth County
Population	120,290 → 119,547 (-0.6%)	80,745 → 82,493 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$59,435 → $68,756 (+15.7%)	$73,013 → $86,906 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$199,400 → $281,600 (+41.2%)	$182,900 → $260,600 (+42.5%)
Median gross rent	$926 → $1,066 (+15.1%)	$987 → $1,138 (+15.3%)

Douglas County

Population

120,290119,547

Median household income

$59,435$68,756

Median home value

$199,400$281,600

Median gross rent

$926$1,066

Leavenworth County

Population

80,74582,493

Median household income

$73,013$86,906

Median home value

$182,900$260,600

Median gross rent

$987$1,138

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Douglas County	Leavenworth County
Under 5	4.5%	6.2%
5 to 17	13.3%	17.6%
18 to 24	23.0%	8.3%
25 to 34	13.8%	12.4%
35 to 44	12.4%	14.5%
45 to 54	9.7%	12.9%
55 to 64	10.0%	12.6%
65 to 74	8.4%	9.5%
75 and over	4.9%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Douglas County	Leavenworth County
White (non-Hispanic)	76.5%	77.7%
Black or African American	4.0%	7.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.4%
Asian	4.5%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.7%
Two or more races	6.3%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Douglas County	Leavenworth County
No high school diploma	4.1%	6.6%
High school graduate	19.5%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	29.0%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	23.1%	15.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Douglas County	Leavenworth County
Drove alone	70.0%	78.4%
Carpooled	7.3%	8.0%
Public transit	2.6%	0.2%
Walked	4.1%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.5%
Worked from home	14.1%	10.2%
Other means	1.1%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Douglas County	Leavenworth County
1-unit, detached	53.5%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	15.7%	5.6%
20 or more units	10.8%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Douglas County	Leavenworth County
Poverty rate	15.2%	8.6%
Average household size	2.22	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1988	1982