Fort Leonard Wood is a medium-sized town located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 15,959 people and four associated neighborhoods, Fort Leonard Wood is the 48th largest community in Missouri.
Fort Leonard Wood is a military town: the armed forces employs 40.41% of the workforce, making the military a major focus of life in the city. In the civilian sector, Retail and Accommodation are important in the local economy and are the town’s largest civilian employers, employing 20.77% and 17.35% of the civilian workforce respectively.
In addition, Fort Leonard Wood is a college town. There are a lot of students in Fort Leonard Wood attending college, and as a result Fort Leonard Wood provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Fort Leonard Wood spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 12.32 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.
The overall education level of Fort Leonard Wood citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 30.40% of adults in Fort Leonard Wood have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.
The per capita income in Fort Leonard Wood in 2022 was $20,304, which is low income relative to Missouri and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $81,216 for a family of four. However, Fort Leonard Wood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Fort Leonard Wood is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Fort Leonard Wood home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fort Leonard Wood residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Fort Leonard Wood also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 23.91% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fort Leonard Wood include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Fort Leonard Wood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.