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Fort Leonard Wood, MO

15,317 Population
23 square miles 665.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

20.3 ±0.5 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro Area: 27.5 ±0.5
  • about half the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$21,876 ±$1,866 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro Area: $29,250 ±$1,391
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$68,629 ±$7,485 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro Area: $66,435 ±$3,925
  • about the same as the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

5.4% ±3.2% (316  ±193) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro Area: 12.8% † 5,608 (±1.7% / ±756)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

9.9 minutes ±1.7 (74,390  ±16,873) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro Area: 19.4 483,900 (±0.8 / ±31,212)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

1,814 ±296 Number of households
  • the Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro Area: 16,434 ±461
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
3.2 ±0.7 (5,843  ±815) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro Area: 2.7 44,096 (±0.1 / ±76)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

4.1% ±2.1% (194  ±101) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro Area: 5.2% † 683 (±1.8% / ±236)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

2,422 ±316 Number of housing units
  • the Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro Area: 19,374 ±64
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

62.2% ±3.8% (9,455  ±763.2) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro Area: 30.7% 16,370 (±2.5% / ±1,317.9)
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

98.9% ±3.3% (4,313  ±569.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro Area: 94.1% 27,673 (±4.5% / ±1,406.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
29.2% ±6.6% (1,274  ±329.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro Area: 27.9% 8,208 (±2.6% / ±791.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 31.9% 1,345,230 (±0.2% / ±8,913.9)

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

8.6% ±2.4% (1,312  ±377) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro Area: 4.9% 2,636
  • about double the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

10.1% ±5.1% (553  ±291) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro Area: 17.2% † 5,613 (±1.8% / ±615)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
553 Total veterans ±291 385 Male ±262 168 Female ±122

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