Elsmere vs Erlanger

A side-by-side comparison of Elsmere and Erlanger: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Erlanger has the higher population (19,677 vs 9,151 in Elsmere). Erlanger has the higher median household income ($78,420 vs $61,427 in Elsmere). Erlanger has the higher median home value ($189,400 vs $157,200 in Elsmere).

Population, income & housing

	Elsmere	Erlanger
Population	9,151	19,677
Median age	31.6 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$61,427	$78,420
Median home value	$157,200	$189,400
Median gross rent	$1,303	$981
Housing units	3,538	8,225
Homeownership rate	70.3%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	32.3%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elsmere	Erlanger
Population	8,567 → 9,151 (+6.8%)	18,967 → 19,677 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$54,602 → $61,427 (+12.5%)	$64,460 → $78,420 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$111,400 → $157,200 (+41.1%)	$136,100 → $189,400 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,082 → $1,303 (+20.4%)	$892 → $981 (+10.0%)

Elsmere

Population

8,5679,151

Median household income

$54,602$61,427

Median home value

$111,400$157,200

Median gross rent

$1,082$1,303

Erlanger

Population

18,96719,677

Median household income

$64,460$78,420

Median home value

$136,100$189,400

Median gross rent

$892$981

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elsmere	Erlanger
Under 5	6.6%	6.2%
5 to 17	18.6%	17.7%
18 to 24	11.7%	9.1%
25 to 34	19.4%	15.0%
35 to 44	13.0%	11.8%
45 to 54	9.6%	11.9%
55 to 64	9.6%	13.8%
65 to 74	8.8%	9.5%
75 and over	2.7%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elsmere	Erlanger
White (non-Hispanic)	79.2%	85.5%
Black or African American	6.2%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.5%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elsmere	Erlanger
No high school diploma	10.8%	7.7%
High school graduate	38.1%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elsmere	Erlanger
Drove alone	72.5%	73.2%
Carpooled	16.5%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.4%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	14.6%
Other means	2.5%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elsmere	Erlanger
1-unit, detached	72.7%	63.9%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	15.6%
20 or more units	1.4%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Elsmere	Erlanger
Poverty rate	14.7%	11.0%
Average household size	2.74	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1974	1976