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A town of 8,503, incorporated in 1948. Public schools that outperform most of Kentucky.
Trash & recyclingBecause it does well by almost any measure. Edgewood earns an A+, 1st of 138 graded towns in Kentucky. The median household earns $119K, its public schools beat 90% of Kentucky towns on state tests and graduation, and it reports less crime per resident than 84% of U.S. towns. Its lowest mark, a B, is in cost of living. 55% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Edgewood, above both Kentucky’s towns (26%) and U.S. towns (29%). On history, just 12 of Kentucky’s 238 towns do worse. The biggest park or preserve is President’s Park, at 21 acres.
Where Edgewood beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| James A Caywood Elementary School | PK–5 | 582 |
| R C Hinsdale Elementary School | PK–5 | 555 |
| St. Pius X Elementary School | K–8 | 728 |
| Widest gap | Edgewood | KY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7.8% | 18.9% |
Where Edgewood’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kentucky), ordered by how far Edgewood is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,100 in 1960, 8,435 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2019 and 4 maps from 1914 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Edgewood. Close and well known come first.
6 mi Stadium & arenaPaycor Stadium
7 mi Stadium & arenaGreat American Ball Park
Big draw27 mi Theme parkArk Encounter
Big draw28 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year
7 mi Stadium & arenaTQL Stadium
9 mi Stadium & arenaNippert StadiumPaycor Stadium: JonRidinger, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Great American Ball Park: Eric Kilby profile at Flickr website, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Ark Encounter: OlinEJ, CC0 · Kings Island: Eli Duke from Portland, OR, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · TQL Stadium: Cornfield948, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Nippert Stadium: Ben Levin, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Edgewood, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Edgewood.
Edgewood pairs an A for schools with modest home prices, draws workers from Independence and beyond and has less tooth loss than most of Kentucky.
Its typical home is the priciest on its borders; Fort Wright is next at $338K. The median property tax bill is $2,909, against $1,544 across Kentucky, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The typical Edgewood home is worth about $374,000, up 4.1% in a year, 62% above the Kentucky typical home. 93% of Edgewood households own their home.
| Edgewood | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 93% | 59% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,073 a month | $930 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its A for schools comes with a B for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $374K.
Its public schools are run by the Kenton County school district. Three of its 7 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Dixie Heights High School, with 1,499 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey Foot Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,006 | A− |
| Dixie Heights High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,499 | A− |
| R C Hinsdale Elementary SchoolTop results in townGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 555 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within KY on state tests and graduation
6,867 jobs are based in Edgewood, 1.6 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. 27% of working residents cross a state line to work.
Most working residents leave Edgewood for work: only 7% work in town. 3.8% of residents live below the poverty line in Edgewood. Since 2013, Edgewood has added 665 jobs, to 6,867 in 2023.
| Edgewood | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $119,000 | $59,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3.8% | 16% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 19% | 10% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Violent crime is rare: 6 reported in 2025, 0.7 per 1,000 residents.
The property crime rate in Edgewood is 3.5 per 1,000 residents.
| Edgewood | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3.5 per 1,000 residents | 8.3 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.7 per 1,000 residents | 1.3 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Its widest gap with Kentucky is tooth loss: 7.8% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 18.9% statewide. Against the 5,879 U.S. towns with household incomes like Edgewood’s, it is healthier than 54%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
Only 4 of the 141 Kentucky towns we compare have a lower share of adults 18 to 64 who have no health insurance than Edgewood. Edgewood beats the Kentucky average on 17 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 1. Only 5 of the 141 Kentucky towns we compare have a lower share of adults who worry about having enough food than Edgewood.
| Edgewood | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 18% | 17% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 7.4% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 23% | 19% |
| What stands out | Edgewood | KY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7.8% | 18.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.4% | 15.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.7% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 72% of U.S. communities. Since 1990, 25 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Edgewood.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Edgewood has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 23° and about 23 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Edgewood | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.2% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Freedom Park | 0.4 mi | 9 |
| 2. President’s Park | — | 21 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
14 within 15 miles of the center of Edgewood
About 5 of every 100 Edgewood residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Kentucky.
City in Kentucky, United States
Edgewood is a home rule–class city in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 8,435 at the 2020 census. It was named for an early homestead in Walker Estates. Edgewood was incorporated by act of the state assembly on November 15, 1948. Part of what was early Edgewood was called South Ft Mitchell. In 1968, two nearby cities merged – Summit Hills Heights (incorporated 1962) and St. Pius Heights (incorporated 1965). The new city government began operation on January 1, 1969.
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3 towns share a border with Edgewood.
At #1 in KY, it grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; Fort Wright (A+) comes closest.
| Town | KY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgewood | #1 | A+ | B | A− | A | A− |
| Crestview Hills | #7 | A+ | B− | — | A | A− |
| Erlanger | #9 | A+ | A− | A− | A− | B |
| Fort Wright | #5 | A+ | B− | A− | A | A− |
Crestview Hills reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Edgewood with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Edgewood grades A+ overall, among the top 2% of U.S. towns and #1 of 138 in Kentucky. It grades A− for health, A− for safety and A for schools.
That is 4.6 years of the area's median household income ($81,120 across the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
Edgewood was incorporated in 1948. 2 notable people were born here, including Luke Maile and T. J. Roberts.
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