Fort Mitchell vs Independence

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

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

Independence has the higher population (29,024 vs 8,676 in Fort Mitchell). Independence has the higher median household income ($98,653 vs $80,814 in Fort Mitchell). Fort Mitchell has the higher median home value ($354,700 vs $240,500 in Independence).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Mitchell	Independence
Population	8,676	29,024
Median age	37.3 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$80,814	$98,653
Median home value	$354,700	$240,500
Median gross rent	$987	$1,204
Housing units	3,841	10,339
Homeownership rate	58.1%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.5%	37.3%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Mitchell	Independence
Population	8,257 → 8,676 (+5.1%)	27,683 → 29,024 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$67,745 → $80,814 (+19.3%)	$81,657 → $98,653 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$272,200 → $354,700 (+30.3%)	$173,300 → $240,500 (+38.8%)
Median gross rent	$789 → $987 (+25.1%)	$960 → $1,204 (+25.4%)

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

Independence

Population

27,68329,024

Median household income

$81,657$98,653

Median home value

$173,300$240,500

Median gross rent

$960$1,204

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Mitchell	Independence
Under 5	5.7%	6.9%
5 to 17	20.6%	19.9%
18 to 24	8.5%	8.0%
25 to 34	12.3%	15.6%
35 to 44	15.9%	14.1%
45 to 54	9.8%	14.5%
55 to 64	12.0%	10.4%
65 to 74	9.3%	7.4%
75 and over	6.0%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Mitchell	Independence
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	92.3%
Black or African American	4.4%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Mitchell	Independence
No high school diploma	2.3%	5.8%
High school graduate	15.9%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	29.6%	25.8%
Graduate or professional degree	19.9%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Mitchell	Independence
Drove alone	80.5%	77.8%
Carpooled	1.9%	7.8%
Public transit	1.3%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.9%	12.7%
Other means	0.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Mitchell	Independence
1-unit, detached	53.6%	84.6%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	23.1%	7.7%
20 or more units	0.8%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Fort Mitchell	Independence
Poverty rate	8.8%	8.5%
Average household size	2.42	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1970	1999