City safety & data profile

LeavenworthKS

Leavenworth, KS is a 36K-resident city in Leavenworth County with a median household income of $72,987.

Leavenworth County, Kansas. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Leavenworth, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Leavenworth has a population larger than 70% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $193,000, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

36K
Population (place)
Top 30%
By size
$72,987
Median income (place)
$193,000
Median home (place)
11.7%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Leavenworth

Leavenworth posts a median household income higher than 41% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Leavenworth area.

Bottom 42%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Leavenworth

Where Leavenworth income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$72,987 Bottom 41% higher than 41% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Leavenworth $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in KS

Population among 36 KS places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Wichita is the largest KS city on this list; Leawood leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in KS

Median household income among the same 36-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Leawood posts the highest place-level median income in KS; Wichita is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Leavenworth, KS beyond the headline numbers

Leavenworth sits inside Leavenworth County, Kansas, at roughly 39.31°N, -94.92°W. Population 35,980, $72,987 median household income. Median home value $193,000, median rent $1,229. Poverty rate 11.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Leavenworth, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Poverty in Leavenworth, KS stands at 11.7%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Leavenworth runs about 2.6 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Only 7.5% of Leavenworth workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, obesity departs furthest from its peer median: 41.5% in Leavenworth, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Leavenworth from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
35,980
Leavenworth · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$72,987
-18% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$193,000
-53% vs avg
Median Age (place)
35.9
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Leavenworth County): Leavenworth's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
83K+8%
Median Income
$89,218+41%
Median Home Value
$282,900+71%
Poverty Rate
8.8%-18%
Unemployment
3.8%-51%

Economics

Economics indicators for Leavenworth, KS
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,229/mo
Poverty Rate
11.7% -6% vs avg
Unemployment 4.1%
Bachelor's Degree+ 32.6%
Work From Home 7.5%
Public Transit 0.2%

Population

White 73.1%
African American 11.9%
Asian 2.3%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.6%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
41.5%
Short Sleep Duration
39.1%
High Blood Pressure
32.3%
Physical Inactivity
24.8%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.2%
Binge Drinking
16.2%
Current Smoking
15.2%
Frequent Physical Distress
12.2%
Diabetes
11%
Current Asthma
10.4%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 62%
Annual Checkup 74.9%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
9.7%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.7%
Stroke
3%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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0
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1
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0
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0
Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
SAINT JOHN HOSPITAL
LEAVENWORTH · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Leavenworth?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Leavenworth right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet KS-LEAVENWORTH · Leavenworth

Leavenworth: 8 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-LIGHT 8 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Central

Tagged alert mix: Leavenworth

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 8 tagged notices on record for Leavenworth.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Central, LA (8 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Leavenworth; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Kansas state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (8 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Central, LA 8 alerts Dallas, TX 7 alerts Leicester, MA 7 alerts Albuquerque, NM 10 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Leavenworth, KS? ▼
Leavenworth, KS has a population of 35,980 people, located in Leavenworth County, Kansas.
What is the median household income in Leavenworth? ▼
The median household income in Leavenworth, KS is $72,987 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 11.7%.
What is the median home value in Leavenworth? ▼
The median home value in Leavenworth, KS is $193,000. Median rent is $1,229/month.
What are the top health concerns in Leavenworth? ▼
The top health indicators in Leavenworth include Obesity (41.5%), Short Sleep Duration (39.1%), High Blood Pressure (32.3%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Leavenworth? ▼
Leavenworth has 1 hospital with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Leavenworth? ▼
The median age in Leavenworth, KS is 35.9 years. 32.6% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Leavenworth, both outside Kansas so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside KS (11.7% here).

Charlotte, NC 11.7% Durham, NC 11.7% Moreno Valley, CA 11.7% Palm Bay, FL 11.7%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside KS ($72,987 here).

South El Monte, CA $72,990 Reynoldsburg, OH $72,972 Tehachapi, CA $72,957 Crest Hill, IL $73,033

Compare Leavenworth with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

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Nearby Cities 8

Lansing, KS 12K Atchison, KS 11K Shawnee, KS 65K Kansas City, KS 153K Merriam, KS 11K Gladstone, MO 27K Kansas City, MO 475K Lenexa, KS 52K
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Using Leavenworth's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Leavenworth area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Leavenworth against Kansas peers on any ranking lens. Explore Kansas

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Leavenworth County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.