Erlanger vs Villa Hills

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

Erlanger and Villa Hills 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 7,378 in Villa Hills). Villa Hills has the higher median household income ($108,750 vs $78,420 in Erlanger). Villa Hills has the higher median home value ($339,800 vs $189,400 in Erlanger).

Population, income & housing

	Erlanger	Villa Hills
Population	19,677	7,378
Median age	37.7 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$78,420	$108,750
Median home value	$189,400	$339,800
Median gross rent	$981	$1,144
Housing units	8,225	2,961
Homeownership rate	68.7%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	53.8%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Erlanger	Villa Hills
Population	18,967 → 19,677 (+3.7%)	7,449 → 7,378 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$64,460 → $78,420 (+21.7%)	$90,929 → $108,750 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$136,100 → $189,400 (+39.2%)	$220,200 → $339,800 (+54.3%)
Median gross rent	$892 → $981 (+10.0%)	$933 → $1,144 (+22.6%)

Erlanger

Population

18,96719,677

Median household income

$64,460$78,420

Median home value

$136,100$189,400

Median gross rent

$892$981

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)

	Erlanger	Villa Hills
Under 5	6.2%	4.6%
5 to 17	17.7%	15.5%
18 to 24	9.1%	9.0%
25 to 34	15.0%	9.0%
35 to 44	11.8%	9.1%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.6%
55 to 64	13.8%	14.5%
65 to 74	9.5%	16.8%
75 and over	5.1%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Erlanger	Villa Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	95.0%
Black or African American	3.8%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.2%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Erlanger	Villa Hills
No high school diploma	7.7%	2.2%
High school graduate	30.4%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	25.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Erlanger	Villa Hills
Drove alone	73.2%	76.7%
Carpooled	8.5%	4.2%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	16.6%
Other means	1.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Erlanger	Villa Hills
1-unit, detached	63.9%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	15.6%	5.0%
20 or more units	3.5%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Erlanger	Villa Hills
Poverty rate	11.0%	3.4%
Average household size	2.45	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1976	1982