Edgewood vs Fort Wright

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

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

Edgewood has the higher population (8,429 vs 5,882 in Fort Wright). Edgewood has the higher median household income ($121,045 vs $100,647 in Fort Wright). Fort Wright has the higher median home value ($305,500 vs $289,700 in Edgewood).

Population, income & housing

	Edgewood	Fort Wright
Population	8,429	5,882
Median age	41.3 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$121,045	$100,647
Median home value	$289,700	$305,500
Median gross rent	$991	$1,094
Housing units	3,412	2,516
Homeownership rate	92.3%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.9%	44.6%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgewood	Fort Wright
Population	8,745 → 8,429 (-3.6%)	5,745 → 5,882 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$104,912 → $121,045 (+15.4%)	$85,794 → $100,647 (+17.3%)
Median home value	$225,600 → $289,700 (+28.4%)	$201,900 → $305,500 (+51.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,166 → $991 (-15.0%)	$879 → $1,094 (+24.5%)

Edgewood

Population

8,7458,429

Median household income

$104,912$121,045

Median home value

$225,600$289,700

Median gross rent

$1,166$991

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)

	Edgewood	Fort Wright
Under 5	7.8%	6.9%
5 to 17	15.3%	13.4%
18 to 24	4.2%	9.7%
25 to 34	14.5%	16.1%
35 to 44	10.9%	9.4%
45 to 54	11.4%	9.8%
55 to 64	12.3%	15.4%
65 to 74	13.3%	13.1%
75 and over	10.3%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgewood	Fort Wright
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	86.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	1.7%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.1%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgewood	Fort Wright
No high school diploma	2.2%	5.2%
High school graduate	18.4%	18.7%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	37.3%	25.6%
Graduate or professional degree	19.6%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgewood	Fort Wright
Drove alone	75.7%	78.9%
Carpooled	4.0%	7.8%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.0%	13.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgewood	Fort Wright
1-unit, detached	93.1%	64.1%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	19.2%
20 or more units	3.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Edgewood	Fort Wright
Poverty rate	3.0%	3.9%
Average household size	2.54	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1976	1974