Official Federal Data
Leavenworth County, Kansas
Kansas City, MO-KS · Population 83,123
10 Sources
Updated September 10, 2026
$89,218 up from the baseline named below
Median Income (nominal) vs 2019
$80,734 national
4.1% up from the baseline named below
Unemployment vs 2024
4.3% national
$4.1B up from the baseline named below
GDP (nominal) real change vs 2023
36.1% up from the baseline named below
Bachelor's+ vs 2019
35.7% national
Demographics & Population
Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 · 5-Year Estimates
Household Income
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median Household (nominal)
$89,218 up from 2019 vs 2019
Per Capita
$40,555 up from 2019 vs 2019
Mean Household
$108,915 up from 2019 vs 2019
Median Household (cost-of-living adjusted)
$96,452 metro RPP 92.5
Poverty Rate
8.8% up from 2019 vs 2019
Median Income Comparison
Leavenworth County$89,218
Kansas$74,275
National$80,734
Cost-of-living adjustment uses the BEA all-items regional price parity for Kansas City, MO-KS, 92.5 against a national average of 100 (2024). BEA publishes regional price parity at state and metropolitan level only; there is no county figure, so the metro index stands in for Leavenworth County and the adjusted median is an approximation. Per capita and mean household income above are nominal and carry no adjustment.
Population Profile
Source: Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 · Table B01001, B02001, B03003
CohortsShare of total population
Under 18 · 23.6%
18-34 · 20.8%
35-54 · 27.3%
55-64 · 12.2%
65+ · 16.1%
Race & Ethnicity
Hispanic or Latino is an ethnic category and overlaps with the race categories above.
Educational Attainment
Source: Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 · Table B15003 · Population 25+
93.8%
High School+
National: 89.6%
up from national +4.2 pts vs national
36.1%
Bachelor's+
National: 35.7%
up from national +0.4 pts vs national
15.2%
Graduate+
National: 14.1%
up from national +1.1 pts vs national
Employment Overview
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
83,123
Population
36,591
Labor Force
Employed
35,099
Unemployment Rate BLS LAUS 2025 annual
4.1% up from 2024 +0.4 pts vs 2024
Mean Commute 2 min below national avg
23.9 min
Work From Home vs 15.1% national
10.4%
Labor Force and Employed are ACS 5-Year survey estimates; the Unemployment Rate above comes from BLS LAUS, a separate monthly survey with its own methodology. The two won't reconcile by subtracting one from the other.
Key Takeaways
- Income premium: Households earn well above the national median, supporting strong retail and housing markets.
- Cost of living stretches income further: Local prices run 7.5% below the national average, so the nominal median of $89,218 is worth $96,452 at national average prices. BEA publishes price parity at metro level, not county level.
Economy & Industry
Bureau of Labor Statistics QCEW · Bureau of Economic Analysis
$4.1B up from 2023 +4.6% vs 2023
Gross Domestic Product · 2024
+4.6% real (inflation-adjusted)
·
+8.2% nominal
· 2023 to 2024
Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis · level and nominal change from CAGDP2 (current dollars); real change from CAGDP9 (chained 2017 dollars), both all-industry total. The two series agree in 2017, the chain reference year, and diverge by the amount of price change since.
92.5
Cost of Living · metro · Below Avg
Key Takeaways
- Largest private-sector industry: Retail Trade employs 2,007 workers (16.5% of tracked sectors), at an average wage of $33,821. Every industry figure on this page is private sector; government employs a further 8,225 and is counted separately.
- Economic scale: Regional GDP of $4.1B (2024).
- Wage stratification: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services averages $85,255 while Accommodation and Food Services averages $21,619, a 3.9x spread in the same local economy, with implications for workforce development and talent strategy.
Source: BLS QCEW + BEA Regional GDP.
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Industry Concentration
Location Quotient measures regional specialization vs. national average. LQ > 1.0 = concentrated.
Cluster Depth
Source: BLS QCEW · Sub-sectors with LQ ≥ 1.5 indicate genuine cluster concentration
Concentrated Sub-Sectors
10 sub-sectors at LQ ≥ 1.5
Largest grouping among them is Retail Trade Cluster at 38% of the employment across all of them, which signals supply-chain fit for site selectors
3,364
Employment in the sub-sectors listed
2.25x
Peak sub-sector LQ
Sub-Sector Detail
Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction
2.25x 266
Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation
2.13x 120
Food Manufacturing
1.74x 318
Specialty Trade Contractors
1.67x 893
Gasoline Stations and Fuel Dealers
1.62x 176
General Merchandise Retailers
1.61x 544
Personal and Laundry Services
1.59x 258
Building Material and Garden Supply Retailers
1.58x 227
Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers
1.57x 332
Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional Orgs
1.55x 230
Attraction Opportunities
LQ < 0.5 with ≥ 50 employed, screened against local siting constraints. Source: BLS QCEW
0.27x
Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods
94 employed
0.46x
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods
104 employed
0.47x
Accommodation
93 employed
Screened on industrial power cost, rail-truck intermodal access, land base.
Industrial electricity in Kansas costs 8.03¢/kWh against 8.62¢/kWh nationally (2025).
Kansas has 1 rail-truck intermodal terminal, the nearest 28 miles from the county.
Land area 463 sq mi, larger than 31% of US counties.
Sources: EIA, BTS NTAD, Census Gazetteer.
Key Takeaways
- Top specialization: Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction concentrates at 2.25x the national norm.
- Cluster depth: 10 sub-sectors register LQ ≥ 1.5, but 56.1% of the employment across them depends on one source of demand: resident household spending. Read the count as depth within that single demand base rather than as spread across separate ones.
- Attraction whitespace: 3 sub-sectors register LQ < 0.5 with at least 50 employed, candidates for diversification or recruitment depending on labor-market fit.
Source: BLS QCEW sub-sector Location Quotients.
Housing & Affordability
Census ACS · HUD Fair Market Rents FY2026
Housing Overview
Source: Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates · Tables B25001, B25077, B25064, B25004
$282,900 up from the baseline named below
Median Home Value vs 2019
$1,219 up from the baseline named below
Rent/Mo vs 2019
69.3% up from the baseline named below
Owner-Occ vs 2019
5.3% down from the baseline named below
Vacancy vs 2019
2.1% available
for rent or sale
for rent or sale
3.2x
Home Value to Income Ratio
vs. ~4.1x national average
HUD Fair Market Rents
HUD publishes these by FMR area, which may cover more than one county · Source: HUD · Fair Market Rents FY2026 · Affordability threshold and renter cost burden from Census ACS B25119, B25070
Studio
$1,095/mo
1 Bedroom
$1,197/mo
2 Bedroom
$1,358/mo
3 Bedroom
$1,769/mo
4 Bedroom
$2,103/mo
30% of monthly median renter household income (~$1,318/mo, from a renter median of $52,714) · rents above this line are typically considered cost-burdened.
Measured: 38.6% of renter households already pay 30% or more of income on rent, and 16.4% pay 50% or more.
Key Takeaways
- In line with national: Home value to income ratio of 3.2x sits near the ~4.1x national average; affordability is neither a clear advantage nor a recruitment friction.
- Affordable rent tiers: 2 of 5 HUD Fair Market Rent bedroom sizes sit below what a household on the median renter income of $52,714 can pay without cost burden (~$1,318/mo), and 38.6% of renter households are measured as cost-burdened.
Source: Census ACS housing tables + HUD Fair Market Rents.
Workforce Pipeline
Labor force readiness, commuting, and workforce composition
Labor Market Overview
Source: Census ACS 2020-2024 · Tables B01001, B23001, B23025, B08303, B08301
50,105 down from the baseline named below
Working Age (18-64) vs 2019
Mean Commute 2 min below national avg
23.9 min
Work From Home vs 15.1% national
10.4%
Prime-Age Employed (25-54)
67.3%
of prime-age population
Prime-age rate numerator is civilian employed (B23001); the denominator is total population aged 25-54 (B01001), which also includes armed forces.
of population age 16 and over (65,560)
down from 2019 vs 2019
Education & Talent Pipeline
Source: Census ACS 2020-2024 · Table B15003 · College Scorecard
Bachelor's+
36.1% up from 2019 vs 2019
HS Diploma+
93.8% up from 2019 vs 2019
Institutions in Leavenworth County
1 institution in Leavenworth County reporting credentials to College Scorecard
Credentials awarded in Leavenworth County
354/yr
354/yr
Aging Workforce
Source: Census Bureau ACS · Derived from age & employment tables
20.2%
55-64 of working-age population (18-64)
Same cohort is 12.2% of total population, the basis used in the Demographics cohort chart.
Elevated retirement risk, above the 20% threshold. Succession planning recommended.
Workforce by Occupation
Source: Census ACS 2020-2024 · Table C24010 · Civilian employed population 16+
Management / Professional
43.7%
Service
15.9%
Sales & Office
18.7%
Construction / Maint.
8.5%
Production / Transport
13.2%
Bars are drawn on a 0% to 60% axis, so bar length is proportional to actual share. Labels give each group's share of 35,099 employed workers.
Key Takeaways
- Healthy participation: 60.2% labor force participation reflects a steady, available local workforce.
- Talent pipeline: 1 institution in Leavenworth County awards 354 credentials a year. Employers drawing from a wider labor shed should read this alongside institutions outside the county, which this page does not aggregate.
Source: ACS workforce data and College Scorecard.
AI Insights
Sample output. Pulse AI analysis draws on 10 federal data sources.
Sample AI Insight
Leavenworth County shows emerging potential for heavy and civil engineering construction attraction, with a 2.25x concentration and 266 jobs in this sub-sector.
Most of the employment across the concentrated sub-sectors traces back to a single source of demand. Resident household spending accounts for 56.1% of it, with specialty trade contractors the largest single sub-sector at 26.5%. Recruitment that widens the demand base changes that exposure; recruitment inside the same base deepens it.
Industry Shift Analysis
Manufacturing Automation Risk
High
Healthcare Growth Forecast
+4.2% CAGR
Remote Work Migration
67/100
Prospect Match Scores
Advanced Manufacturing
92/100
Life Sciences
84/100
Data Centers
71/100
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Data Sources
Updated from official federal government data.
Census ACS 5-Year2024
BLS QCEW2024 annual
BLS LAUS2025 annual
BEA Regional GDP2024
BEA Regional Price Parity2024
Census CBP2023
HUD Fair Market RentsFY2026
FCC Broadband Map2024
USAspending.govFY2026
College ScorecardAY 2022-23
American Community Survey figures on this page are 2020-2024 five-year averages rather than single-year counts. A five-year estimate pools 60 months of survey responses, so each value describes the period as a whole.
Frequently Asked Questions
Key economic and demographic figures for Leavenworth County, Kansas, from federal data sources.
What is the population of Leavenworth County, Kansas?
83,123 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates).
What is the median household income in Leavenworth County, Kansas?
$89,218 in nominal dollars (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates). Adjusted for local prices using the BEA all-items regional price parity for Kansas City, MO-KS (92.5 against a national average of 100), that is $96,452 at national average prices. BEA publishes regional price parity at metro level; there is no county-level figure.
What is the unemployment rate in Leavenworth County, Kansas?
4.1% (2025 annual average, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, LAUS).
What is the GDP of Leavenworth County, Kansas?
$4.1B (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, CAGDP2).
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