Crescent Springs vs Fort Wright

A side-by-side comparison of Crescent Springs and Fort Wright: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fort Wright has the higher population (5,882 vs 4,402 in Crescent Springs). Fort Wright has the higher median household income ($100,647 vs $76,530 in Crescent Springs). Fort Wright has the higher median home value ($305,500 vs $289,300 in Crescent Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Crescent Springs	Fort Wright
Population	4,402	5,882
Median age	40.3 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$76,530	$100,647
Median home value	$289,300	$305,500
Median gross rent	$885	$1,094
Housing units	1,940	2,516
Homeownership rate	58.1%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.6%	44.6%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crescent Springs	Fort Wright
Population	4,036 → 4,402 (+9.1%)	5,745 → 5,882 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$70,414 → $76,530 (+8.7%)	$85,794 → $100,647 (+17.3%)
Median home value	$220,500 → $289,300 (+31.2%)	$201,900 → $305,500 (+51.3%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $885 (+21.4%)	$879 → $1,094 (+24.5%)

Crescent Springs

Population

4,0364,402

Median household income

$70,414$76,530

Median home value

$220,500$289,300

Median gross rent

$729$885

Fort Wright

Population

5,7455,882

Median household income

$85,794$100,647

Median home value

$201,900$305,500

Median gross rent

$879$1,094

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crescent Springs	Fort Wright
Under 5	7.1%	6.9%
5 to 17	16.6%	13.4%
18 to 24	4.9%	9.7%
25 to 34	15.3%	16.1%
35 to 44	14.2%	9.4%
45 to 54	9.4%	9.8%
55 to 64	16.0%	15.4%
65 to 74	9.0%	13.1%
75 and over	7.4%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crescent Springs	Fort Wright
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	86.6%
Black or African American	7.2%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	4.3%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.5%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crescent Springs	Fort Wright
No high school diploma	3.8%	5.2%
High school graduate	29.2%	18.7%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	25.6%
Graduate or professional degree	18.6%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crescent Springs	Fort Wright
Drove alone	76.1%	78.9%
Carpooled	8.2%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.8%	13.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crescent Springs	Fort Wright
1-unit, detached	39.7%	64.1%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	42.2%	19.2%
20 or more units	4.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Crescent Springs	Fort Wright
Poverty rate	2.4%	3.9%
Average household size	2.38	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1991	1974