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 has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Fort Leonard Wood, where the median household income is $67,772.00.

Fort Leonard Wood is a military town: the armed forces employs 46.22% of the workforce, making the military a major focus of life in the city. In the civilian sector, Retail and Public Service are important in the local economy and are the town’s largest civilian employers, employing 20.59% and 16.04% of the civilian workforce respectively.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 35.59% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

Fort Leonard Wood is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Fort Leonard Wood enrolled in college, Fort Leonard Wood has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.

Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 10.98 minutes getting to work every day.

The percentage of people in Fort Leonard Wood who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.54% of adults in Fort Leonard Wood have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Fort Leonard Wood in 2022 was $22,659, which is low income relative to Missouri and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $90,636 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 25.99% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fort Leonard Wood include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French.

The most common language spoken in Fort Leonard Wood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.