Elsmere vs Fort Mitchell

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

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

Elsmere has the higher population (9,151 vs 8,676 in Fort Mitchell). Fort Mitchell has the higher median household income ($80,814 vs $61,427 in Elsmere). Fort Mitchell has the higher median home value ($354,700 vs $157,200 in Elsmere).

Population, income & housing

	Elsmere	Fort Mitchell
Population	9,151	8,676
Median age	31.6 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,427	$80,814
Median home value	$157,200	$354,700
Median gross rent	$1,303	$987
Housing units	3,538	3,841
Homeownership rate	70.3%	58.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	49.5%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elsmere	Fort Mitchell
Population	8,567 → 9,151 (+6.8%)	8,257 → 8,676 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$54,602 → $61,427 (+12.5%)	$67,745 → $80,814 (+19.3%)
Median home value	$111,400 → $157,200 (+41.1%)	$272,200 → $354,700 (+30.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,082 → $1,303 (+20.4%)	$789 → $987 (+25.1%)

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

Fort Mitchell

Population

8,2578,676

Median household income

$67,745$80,814

Median home value

$272,200$354,700

Median gross rent

$789$987

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elsmere	Fort Mitchell
Under 5	6.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	18.6%	20.6%
18 to 24	11.7%	8.5%
25 to 34	19.4%	12.3%
35 to 44	13.0%	15.9%
45 to 54	9.6%	9.8%
55 to 64	9.6%	12.0%
65 to 74	8.8%	9.3%
75 and over	2.7%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elsmere	Fort Mitchell
White (non-Hispanic)	79.2%	87.4%
Black or African American	6.2%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elsmere	Fort Mitchell
No high school diploma	10.8%	2.3%
High school graduate	38.1%	15.9%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	29.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	19.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elsmere	Fort Mitchell
Drove alone	72.5%	80.5%
Carpooled	16.5%	1.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	15.9%
Other means	2.5%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elsmere	Fort Mitchell
1-unit, detached	72.7%	53.6%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	16.1%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	23.1%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Elsmere	Fort Mitchell
Poverty rate	14.7%	8.8%
Average household size	2.74	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1974	1970