Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 20,158, settled in 1882. Public schools that outperform most of Kentucky.
Trash day: look up yoursErlanger is one of the best-graded places in America: an A+, 9th of 138 graded towns in Kentucky. Its schools rank ahead of 84% of Kentucky towns, a typical home costs about $248K, 3.1 years of the Cincinnati metro’s $81K median household income, and it reports less crime per resident than 81% of U.S. towns. Its lowest mark, a B, is in health. Only 17 of Kentucky’s 238 towns score higher on hazard risk. Erlanger Proper Subdivision Historic District is on the National Register of Historic Places. Only 2 of the 142 Kentucky towns we compare have a lower July high than Erlanger.
Where Erlanger beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Lindeman Elementary School | K–5 | 287 |
| Miles Elementary School | K–5 | 278 |
| Crescent Ridge Academy | PK–6 | 113 |
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kentucky), ordered by how far Erlanger is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 453 in 1900, 19,611 in 2020. The archive holds 7 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 4 maps from 1914 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Erlanger. Close and well known come first.
6 mi Stadium & arenaPaycor Stadium
6 mi Stadium & arenaGreat American Ball Park
Big draw29 mi Theme parkArk Encounter
Big draw27 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year
7 mi Stadium & arenaTQL Stadium
8 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 Erlanger, 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 Erlanger.
Erlanger pairs an A− for schools with modest home prices, trades workers with Florence and other neighbors and has less tooth loss than most of Kentucky.
Its A− for schools comes with an A− for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $248K.
Its public schools are run by the Erlanger-Elsmere Independent school district. Two of its 8 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Lloyd High School, with 711 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tichenor Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 505 | C+ |
| Lloyd High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 711 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within KY on state tests and graduation
Reported crimes fell from 110 to 85 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings. Violent crime is rare: 14 reported in 2025, 0.7 per 1,000 residents.
Erlanger’s property crime rate is 3.5 per 1,000 residents, where Kentucky’s towns sit at 8.3 and U.S. towns at 9.9. The violent crime rate in Erlanger is 0.7 per 1,000 residents.
| Erlanger | 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
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 80% of U.S. communities. Since 2011, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Erlanger.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Erlanger has chilly winters and warm summers. Only 5 of the 142 Kentucky towns we compare have a lower January low than Erlanger.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Erlanger | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.9% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Silver Lake Park | 0.2 mi | 14 |
| 2. Railroad Depot Park | — | 1 |
| 3. Rainbow Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Erlanger has about as many jobs (10,868) as working residents, but only 554 people both live and work here. Jobs based here grew from 7,739 in 2013 to 10,868.
Most working residents leave Erlanger for work: only 6% work in town. Jobs based in Erlanger grew to 10,868 in 2023, 3,129 more than in 2013. 17% of Erlanger workers work from home, above both Kentucky’s towns (10%) and U.S. towns (11%).
| Erlanger | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 17% | 10% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.8% | 15% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 16% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its widest gap with Kentucky is tooth loss: 12.1% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 18.9% statewide.
Erlanger beats the Kentucky average on 9 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 17% of Erlanger adults smoke cigarettes.
| Erlanger | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 18% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 27% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 16% |
| What stands out | Erlanger | KY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12.1% | 18.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.9% | 15.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The typical Erlanger home is worth about $248,000, about the same as a year ago, 7% above the Kentucky typical home.
| Erlanger | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 69% | 59% | 73% |
| Median rent | $970 a month | $930 a month | $1,185 a month |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Kentucky average. Erlanger has grown 2.6% since 2020, to 20,158 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 32% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 28% across Kentucky.
| Erlanger | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 32% | 26% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 23% | 22% | 22% |
| Median age | 38 years | 37.6 years | 40.5 years |
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.7 points. Across Kentucky, 50.5% of residents are women.
| Erlanger | KY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.8% | 12.1% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.7% | 10.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.6% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15.4% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.5% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.4% | 13% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.9% | 10.5% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.8% | 6.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.1% | 11.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30.1% | 32.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.2% | 19.7% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.5% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.5% | 16.2% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11.5% | 11.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
14 within 15 miles of the center of Erlanger
About 5 of every 100 Erlanger residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Kentucky.
3 notable people were born in Erlanger.
City in Kentucky, United States
Erlanger is a city in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States. It had a 2020 census population of 19,611. Erlanger is part of the Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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7 towns share a border with Erlanger.
| Town | KY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erlanger | #9 | A+ | A− | A− | A− | B |
| Crescent Springs | #28 | A− | C+ | — | A | A− |
| Independence | #6 | A+ | B | A | A | A− |
| Villa Hills | #14 | A | C+ | B+ | A | A− |
| Edgewood | #1 | A+ | B | A− | A | A− |
| Elsmere | #43 | B | B | B+ | A− | C |
| Covington | #72 | C+ | B | C | B+ | C− |
| Florence | #47 | B | B | C− | A | B− |
Crescent Springs reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Erlanger with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Erlanger grades A+ overall, better than 97% of U.S. towns and #9 of 138 in Kentucky. It grades B for health, A− for safety and A− for schools.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.
3 notable people were born here, including Lexis King and Karen Anderson.
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