Fort Mitchell vs Fort Wright

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

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

Fort Mitchell has the higher population (8,676 vs 5,882 in Fort Wright). Fort Wright has the higher median household income ($100,647 vs $80,814 in Fort Mitchell). Fort Mitchell has the higher median home value ($354,700 vs $305,500 in Fort Wright).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Mitchell	Fort Wright
Population	8,676	5,882
Median age	37.3 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$80,814	$100,647
Median home value	$354,700	$305,500
Median gross rent	$987	$1,094
Housing units	3,841	2,516
Homeownership rate	58.1%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.5%	44.6%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Mitchell	Fort Wright
Population	8,257 → 8,676 (+5.1%)	5,745 → 5,882 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$67,745 → $80,814 (+19.3%)	$85,794 → $100,647 (+17.3%)
Median home value	$272,200 → $354,700 (+30.3%)	$201,900 → $305,500 (+51.3%)
Median gross rent	$789 → $987 (+25.1%)	$879 → $1,094 (+24.5%)

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

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)

	Fort Mitchell	Fort Wright
Under 5	5.7%	6.9%
5 to 17	20.6%	13.4%
18 to 24	8.5%	9.7%
25 to 34	12.3%	16.1%
35 to 44	15.9%	9.4%
45 to 54	9.8%	9.8%
55 to 64	12.0%	15.4%
65 to 74	9.3%	13.1%
75 and over	6.0%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Mitchell	Fort Wright
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	86.6%
Black or African American	4.4%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.8%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.4%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Mitchell	Fort Wright
No high school diploma	2.3%	5.2%
High school graduate	15.9%	18.7%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	29.6%	25.6%
Graduate or professional degree	19.9%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Mitchell	Fort Wright
Drove alone	80.5%	78.9%
Carpooled	1.9%	7.8%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.9%	13.2%
Other means	0.3%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Mitchell	Fort Wright
1-unit, detached	53.6%	64.1%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	23.1%	19.2%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fort Mitchell	Fort Wright
Poverty rate	8.8%	3.9%
Average household size	2.42	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1970	1974