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Cost of living in Fort Riley, Kansas

Fort Riley, Kansas has about 8,606 people. Typical rent is $1,234 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $54,362 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

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Typical rent is $1,234 a month.

Fort Riley is a Census community, not a separate city government in Kansas. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $54,362 a year.

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People
8,606
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,234
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$54,362
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
Not published
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,107
Manhattan, KS HUD Metro FMR Area
Gas
$4.237
Midwest (PADD 2), week of October 12, 2026

Fort Riley, Kansas has about 8,606 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

The Census Bureau did not publish a typical home value here.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Riley County is $1,107 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Fort Riley. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Manhattan, KS metro area, prices sit at 90.2 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.

Kansas taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 8.7% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Fort Riley's exact store tax.

In July 2026, a typical Kansas home paid 15.27¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Fort Riley's bill.

EIA does not publish a Kansas gasoline price. For the week of October 12, 2026, the Midwest (PADD 2) all-grades price was $4.237 a gallon. At 12,000 miles a year and 25 mpg, the index counts that as $2,033.76 a year. Those miles are our standard, not a Census figure, and every town in Kansas shares this price.

Among 184 places we list in Kansas with a rent figure, 22 have higher typical rent than Fort Riley.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.