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Leavenworth, KS

37,176 Population
24.4 square miles 1,526.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.6 ±0.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 37.8 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$34,042 ±$1,689 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $44,205 ±$449
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$71,239 ±$3,581 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $81,927 ±$676
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

12.3% ±1.9% (4,117  ±646) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 10% 217,501 (±0.3% / ±6,069)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

19.2 minutes ±1.5 (286,585  ±28,315) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 23.3 22,034,824 (±0.2 / ±195,439)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

13,480 ±521 Number of households
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 882,252 ±2,661
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.5 ±0.1 (33,112  ±380) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 2.5 2,171,320 (±0 / ±397)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

8% ±2.2% (602  ±166) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 5.4% 28,125 (±0.3% / ±1,274)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

14,833 ±474 Number of housing units
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 950,404 ±521
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$176,000 ±$14,126 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $265,400 ±$1,712
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

31.2% ±3.4% (11,491  ±1,267.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 13.7% 298,865 (±0.3% / ±6,935.6)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

91.8% ±4.2% (22,513  ±1,106.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 93.1% 1,393,401 (±0.6% / ±8,642.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
33.5% ±2.5% (8,219  ±,634.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 39.2% 586,403 (±0.4% / ±5,576.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

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

4% ±1% (1,499  ±368) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 7.2% 157,554
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

18.9% ±2.1% (4,962  ±565) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 7% 115,953 (±0.1% / ±1,885)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
4,962 Total veterans ±565 4,222 Male ±505 740 Female ±208

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