Fort Wright vs Ludlow

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

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

Fort Wright has the higher population (5,882 vs 4,378 in Ludlow). Fort Wright has the higher median household income ($100,647 vs $58,295 in Ludlow). Fort Wright has the higher median home value ($305,500 vs $154,700 in Ludlow).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Wright	Ludlow
Population	5,882	4,378
Median age	37.6 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$100,647	$58,295
Median home value	$305,500	$154,700
Median gross rent	$1,094	$1,115
Housing units	2,516	2,240
Homeownership rate	68.4%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.6%	34.2%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Wright	Ludlow
Population	5,745 → 5,882 (+2.4%)	4,530 → 4,378 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$85,794 → $100,647 (+17.3%)	$56,393 → $58,295 (+3.4%)
Median home value	$201,900 → $305,500 (+51.3%)	$112,000 → $154,700 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$879 → $1,094 (+24.5%)	$931 → $1,115 (+19.8%)

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

Ludlow

Population

4,5304,378

Median household income

$56,393$58,295

Median home value

$112,000$154,700

Median gross rent

$931$1,115

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Wright	Ludlow
Under 5	6.9%	7.2%
5 to 17	13.4%	18.6%
18 to 24	9.7%	6.7%
25 to 34	16.1%	12.0%
35 to 44	9.4%	18.2%
45 to 54	9.8%	7.2%
55 to 64	15.4%	14.1%
65 to 74	13.1%	5.6%
75 and over	6.2%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Wright	Ludlow
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	77.1%
Black or African American	1.2%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	9.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	10.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Wright	Ludlow
No high school diploma	5.2%	5.6%
High school graduate	18.7%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.6%	27.3%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Wright	Ludlow
Drove alone	78.9%	79.7%
Carpooled	7.8%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	10.6%
Other means	0.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Wright	Ludlow
1-unit, detached	64.1%	60.5%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	15.7%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	19.2%	8.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fort Wright	Ludlow
Poverty rate	3.9%	25.8%
Average household size	2.42	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1974	1938