Fort Wright vs Taylor Mill

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

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

Taylor Mill has the higher population (6,880 vs 5,882 in Fort Wright). Fort Wright has the higher median household income ($100,647 vs $83,210 in Taylor Mill). Fort Wright has the higher median home value ($305,500 vs $224,500 in Taylor Mill).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Wright	Taylor Mill
Population	5,882	6,880
Median age	37.6 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$100,647	$83,210
Median home value	$305,500	$224,500
Median gross rent	$1,094	$1,078
Housing units	2,516	2,903
Homeownership rate	68.4%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.6%	36.4%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Wright	Taylor Mill
Population	5,745 → 5,882 (+2.4%)	6,763 → 6,880 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$85,794 → $100,647 (+17.3%)	$68,031 → $83,210 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$201,900 → $305,500 (+51.3%)	$163,100 → $224,500 (+37.6%)
Median gross rent	$879 → $1,094 (+24.5%)	$849 → $1,078 (+27.0%)

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

Taylor Mill

Population

6,7636,880

Median household income

$68,031$83,210

Median home value

$163,100$224,500

Median gross rent

$849$1,078

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Wright	Taylor Mill
Under 5	6.9%	7.4%
5 to 17	13.4%	16.9%
18 to 24	9.7%	6.0%
25 to 34	16.1%	12.2%
35 to 44	9.4%	15.0%
45 to 54	9.8%	13.4%
55 to 64	15.4%	14.0%
65 to 74	13.1%	9.4%
75 and over	6.2%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Wright	Taylor Mill
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	96.0%
Black or African American	1.2%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Wright	Taylor Mill
No high school diploma	5.2%	10.5%
High school graduate	18.7%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	25.6%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Wright	Taylor Mill
Drove alone	78.9%	79.2%
Carpooled	7.8%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	10.9%
Other means	0.1%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Wright	Taylor Mill
1-unit, detached	64.1%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	19.2%	17.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fort Wright	Taylor Mill
Poverty rate	3.9%	13.4%
Average household size	2.42	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1974	1973