Elsmere vs Fort Wright

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

Elsmere and Fort Wright 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 5,882 in Fort Wright). Fort Wright has the higher median household income ($100,647 vs $61,427 in Elsmere). Fort Wright has the higher median home value ($305,500 vs $157,200 in Elsmere).

Population, income & housing

	Elsmere	Fort Wright
Population	9,151	5,882
Median age	31.6 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$61,427	$100,647
Median home value	$157,200	$305,500
Median gross rent	$1,303	$1,094
Housing units	3,538	2,516
Homeownership rate	70.3%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	44.6%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elsmere	Fort Wright
Population	8,567 → 9,151 (+6.8%)	5,745 → 5,882 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$54,602 → $61,427 (+12.5%)	$85,794 → $100,647 (+17.3%)
Median home value	$111,400 → $157,200 (+41.1%)	$201,900 → $305,500 (+51.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,082 → $1,303 (+20.4%)	$879 → $1,094 (+24.5%)

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 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)

	Elsmere	Fort Wright
Under 5	6.6%	6.9%
5 to 17	18.6%	13.4%
18 to 24	11.7%	9.7%
25 to 34	19.4%	16.1%
35 to 44	13.0%	9.4%
45 to 54	9.6%	9.8%
55 to 64	9.6%	15.4%
65 to 74	8.8%	13.1%
75 and over	2.7%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elsmere	Fort Wright
White (non-Hispanic)	79.2%	86.6%
Black or African American	6.2%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.5%
Asian	2.7%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.5%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elsmere	Fort Wright
No high school diploma	10.8%	5.2%
High school graduate	38.1%	18.7%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	25.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elsmere	Fort Wright
Drove alone	72.5%	78.9%
Carpooled	16.5%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	13.2%
Other means	2.5%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elsmere	Fort Wright
1-unit, detached	72.7%	64.1%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	19.2%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elsmere	Fort Wright
Poverty rate	14.7%	3.9%
Average household size	2.74	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1974	1974