Alexandria vs Fort Thomas

A side-by-side comparison of Alexandria and Fort Thomas: population, income, housing, and more.

Alexandria and Fort Thomas are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fort Thomas has the higher population (17,242 vs 10,430 in Alexandria). Alexandria has the higher median household income ($103,750 vs $100,819 in Fort Thomas). Fort Thomas has the higher median home value ($301,400 vs $253,400 in Alexandria).

Population, income & housing

	Alexandria	Fort Thomas
Population	10,430	17,242
Median age	38.3 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$103,750	$100,819
Median home value	$253,400	$301,400
Median gross rent	$1,062	$1,095
Housing units	3,882	6,746
Homeownership rate	94.1%	70.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.5%	55.6%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alexandria	Fort Thomas
Population	9,425 → 10,430 (+10.7%)	16,308 → 17,242 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$81,159 → $103,750 (+27.8%)	$78,972 → $100,819 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$179,700 → $253,400 (+41.0%)	$227,600 → $301,400 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $1,062 (+22.5%)	$907 → $1,095 (+20.7%)

Alexandria

Population

9,42510,430

Median household income

$81,159$103,750

Median home value

$179,700$253,400

Median gross rent

$867$1,062

Fort Thomas

Population

16,30817,242

Median household income

$78,972$100,819

Median home value

$227,600$301,400

Median gross rent

$907$1,095

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alexandria	Fort Thomas
Under 5	7.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.7%	21.9%
18 to 24	7.6%	5.5%
25 to 34	13.8%	12.8%
35 to 44	12.8%	12.0%
45 to 54	10.9%	13.9%
55 to 64	13.2%	12.3%
65 to 74	10.9%	9.9%
75 and over	5.8%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alexandria	Fort Thomas
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	90.1%
Black or African American	2.6%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alexandria	Fort Thomas
No high school diploma	5.6%	2.9%
High school graduate	28.5%	16.5%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	32.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	23.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alexandria	Fort Thomas
Drove alone	78.5%	75.4%
Carpooled	6.2%	6.3%
Public transit	0.3%	1.2%
Walked	0.6%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	13.8%	14.7%
Other means	0.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alexandria	Fort Thomas
1-unit, detached	87.0%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	16.4%
20 or more units	0.4%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Alexandria	Fort Thomas
Poverty rate	6.4%	4.9%
Average household size	2.77	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	28	20
Median year structure built	1994	1955