Fort Wright vs Villa Hills

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

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

Villa Hills has the higher population (7,378 vs 5,882 in Fort Wright). Villa Hills has the higher median household income ($108,750 vs $100,647 in Fort Wright). Villa Hills has the higher median home value ($339,800 vs $305,500 in Fort Wright).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Wright	Villa Hills
Population	5,882	7,378
Median age	37.6 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$100,647	$108,750
Median home value	$305,500	$339,800
Median gross rent	$1,094	$1,144
Housing units	2,516	2,961
Homeownership rate	68.4%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.6%	53.8%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Wright	Villa Hills
Population	5,745 → 5,882 (+2.4%)	7,449 → 7,378 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$85,794 → $100,647 (+17.3%)	$90,929 → $108,750 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$201,900 → $305,500 (+51.3%)	$220,200 → $339,800 (+54.3%)
Median gross rent	$879 → $1,094 (+24.5%)	$933 → $1,144 (+22.6%)

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

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)

	Fort Wright	Villa Hills
Under 5	6.9%	4.6%
5 to 17	13.4%	15.5%
18 to 24	9.7%	9.0%
25 to 34	16.1%	9.0%
35 to 44	9.4%	9.1%
45 to 54	9.8%	13.6%
55 to 64	15.4%	14.5%
65 to 74	13.1%	16.8%
75 and over	6.2%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Wright	Villa Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	95.0%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.9%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Wright	Villa Hills
No high school diploma	5.2%	2.2%
High school graduate	18.7%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	25.6%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	25.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Wright	Villa Hills
Drove alone	78.9%	76.7%
Carpooled	7.8%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	16.6%
Other means	0.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Wright	Villa Hills
1-unit, detached	64.1%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	19.2%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Fort Wright	Villa Hills
Poverty rate	3.9%	3.4%
Average household size	2.42	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1974	1982