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 39.72% 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 21.07% and 18.89% of the civilian workforce respectively. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 15.49% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.Because there are quite a few people attending college in Fort Leonard Wood, it is thought of as a college town. To the benefit of the many students in the area, Fort Leonard Wood provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards their needs and activities. Fort Leonard Wood’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live. 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 12.44 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.In terms of college education, Fort Leonard Wood is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 29.20% of adults in Fort Leonard Wood have a college degree. The per capita income in Fort Leonard Wood in 2022 was $21,876, which is low income relative to Missouri and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $87,504 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 25.52% 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.
