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Fort Riley, KS

8,606 Population
6.4 square miles 1,342.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

23.1 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 27.3 ±0.2
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$28,521 ±$1,736 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: $34,818 ±$926
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
$54,362 ±$10,542 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: $65,469 ±$2,991
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475

10.7% ±5.5% (547  ±286) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 16.6% 20,220 (±1% / ±1,259)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)

7.6 minutes ±0.4 (43,150  ±4,735) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-fifths of the figure in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 17.8 1,151,120 (±1 / ±67,080)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)

Families

1,864 ±222 Number of households
  • the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 51,234 ±686
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
2.7 ±0.4 (5,107  ±416) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 2.4 122,014 (±0 / ±174)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505

13.2% ±6.4% (303  ±156) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 6.7% † 2,417 (±1.1% / ±389)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)

Housing

1,938 ±220 Number of housing units
  • the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 56,908 ±110
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

16.5% ±5.8% (1,406  ±505.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 21.7% 28,654 (±1.4% / ±1,844.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)

Social

99.3% ±16.5% (2,646  ±591.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 95.8% 70,269 (±2.7% / ±1,955.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
18.2% ±4.8% (484  ±146.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 40.4% 29,612 (±1.7% / ±1,242.3)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.5% ±2.1% (474  ±179) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 6.1% 8,165
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817

14.4% ±7.8% (269  ±151) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 10.9% 9,972 (±0.8% / ±711)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
269 Total veterans ±151 51 Male ±71 218 Female ±144

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