Editing Leavenworth, Kansas (section)

==Economy==
{{As of|2010}}, 58.6% of the population over the age of 16 was in the labor force. 7.8% was in the armed forces, and 50.8% was in the civilian labor force with 47.0% being employed and 3.8% unemployed. The composition, by occupation, of the employed civilian labor force was:  34.5% in management, business, science, and arts; 22.8% in sales and office occupations; 23.2% in service occupations; 8.4% in natural resources, construction, and maintenance; 11.0% in production, transportation, and material moving. The three industries employing the largest percentages of the working civilian labor force were:  educational services, health care, and social assistance (22.7%); public administration (15.6%); and retail trade (13.0%).<ref name=Census2010/> The U.S. military at [[Fort Leavenworth]] is the city's largest employer, employing roughly 5,600 people, followed by [[Leavenworth Public Schools]] and the [[United States Department of Veterans Affairs|Department of Veterans Affairs]] Eastern Kansas Health Care System.<ref>{{cite web | title = Leading Employers | publisher = Leavenworth County Development Council | url = http://www.lvcountyed.org/existing-business/leading-employers/ | access-date = 2012-10-16}}</ref>

The cost of living in Leavenworth is below average; compared to a U.S. average of 100, the cost of living index for the city is 87.1.<ref name=CityData>{{cite web | title = Leavenworth, Kansas | publisher = City-Data.com | url = http://www.city-data.com/city/Leavenworth-Kansas.html | access-date = 2011-12-21}}</ref> {{As of|2010}}, the median home value in the city was $124,200, the median selected monthly owner cost was $1,282 for housing units with a mortgage and $428 for those without, and the median gross rent was $762.<ref name=Census2010/>

===Top employers===
[[File:Clocktower-Sherman-Grant-SheridanHalls Nov-2002 0056.jpg|thumb|right|Grant Hall, the symbol of [[Fort Leavenworth]] and headquarters of the [[U.S. Army Combined Arms Center]]]]
According to the town's 2015 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<ref name="2014CAFR">{{cite web|url=http://www.lvks.org/egov/documents/1435010651_82277.pdf|title=Leavenworth 2015 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report|access-date=February 27, 2017}}</ref> the top employers in the city are:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
|-
||1
|[[Fort Leavenworth]]
|4,185
|-
|2
|[[Leavenworth USD 453|U.S.D. 453]]
|996
|-
|3
|Dwight D. Eisenhower Veterans Affairs Medical Center
|700
|-
|4
|[[Northrop Grumman]]
|700
|-
|5
|Central Plains Consolidated Accounts
|400
|-
|6
|Cubic Defense Applications Group
|390
|-
|7
|[[United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth|Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary]]
|380
|-
|8
|[[Leavenworth County, Kansas|Leavenworth County]]
|352
|-
|9
|[[Walmart|Walmart Supercenter]]
|350
|-
|10
|[[Hallmark Cards|Hallmark Cards, Inc]]
|260
|}