Elsmere vs Villa Hills

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

Elsmere and Villa Hills 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 7,378 in Villa Hills). Villa Hills has the higher median household income ($108,750 vs $61,427 in Elsmere). Villa Hills has the higher median home value ($339,800 vs $157,200 in Elsmere).

Population, income & housing

	Elsmere	Villa Hills
Population	9,151	7,378
Median age	31.6 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$61,427	$108,750
Median home value	$157,200	$339,800
Median gross rent	$1,303	$1,144
Housing units	3,538	2,961
Homeownership rate	70.3%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	53.8%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elsmere	Villa Hills
Population	8,567 → 9,151 (+6.8%)	7,449 → 7,378 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$54,602 → $61,427 (+12.5%)	$90,929 → $108,750 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$111,400 → $157,200 (+41.1%)	$220,200 → $339,800 (+54.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,082 → $1,303 (+20.4%)	$933 → $1,144 (+22.6%)

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

Villa Hills

Population

7,4497,378

Median household income

$90,929$108,750

Median home value

$220,200$339,800

Median gross rent

$933$1,144

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elsmere	Villa Hills
Under 5	6.6%	4.6%
5 to 17	18.6%	15.5%
18 to 24	11.7%	9.0%
25 to 34	19.4%	9.0%
35 to 44	13.0%	9.1%
45 to 54	9.6%	13.6%
55 to 64	9.6%	14.5%
65 to 74	8.8%	16.8%
75 and over	2.7%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elsmere	Villa Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	79.2%	95.0%
Black or African American	6.2%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.5%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elsmere	Villa Hills
No high school diploma	10.8%	2.2%
High school graduate	38.1%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	25.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elsmere	Villa Hills
Drove alone	72.5%	76.7%
Carpooled	16.5%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	16.6%
Other means	2.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elsmere	Villa Hills
1-unit, detached	72.7%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	5.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Elsmere	Villa Hills
Poverty rate	14.7%	3.4%
Average household size	2.74	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1974	1982