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Fort Leonard Wood, MO

15,432 Population
23 square miles 670.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

20.5 ±0.4 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro Area: 27.8 ±0.5
  • about half the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • about half the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$22,659 ±$1,707 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro Area: $30,154 ±$1,467
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$67,772 ±$6,063 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro Area: $64,466 ±$5,463
  • a little less than the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.2% ±4.2% (412  ±247) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro Area: 12.7% † 5,498 (±2.3% / ±987)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

9.1 minutes ±2.5 (55,100  ±8,972) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro Area: 19.6 458,465 (±0.6 / ±34,225)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about one-third of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,854 ±269 Number of households
  • the Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro Area: 16,851 ±445
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.1 ±0.6 (5,752  ±718) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro Area: 2.6 43,935 (±0.1 / ±52)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.8% ±1.9% (164  ±82) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro Area: 4.1% † 521 (±1.8% / ±227)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,507 ±293 Number of housing units
  • the Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro Area: 19,431 ±66
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$-666,666,700 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • less than 10 percent of the amount in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro Area: $189,800 ±$13,331
  • less than 10 percent of the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • less than 10 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

60.6% ±4.4% (9,308  ±800.7) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro Area: 30.7% 16,441 (±2.7% / ±1,427.1)
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97% ±6.5% (4,304  ±527.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro Area: 93.9% 27,757 (±4.1% / ±1,315.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25.5% ±5.2% (1,133  ±259.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro Area: 25.8% 7,627 (±2.3% / ±689.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

7.9% ±2.1% (1,211  ±331) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro Area: 4.8% 2,610
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

14.5% ±6.7% (677  ±333) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro Area: 18.9% 6,012 (±1.6% / ±522)
  • about double the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
677 Total veterans ±333 516 Male ±299 161 Female ±116

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