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A town of 8,751, settled in 1910. Public schools that outperform most of Kentucky.
Fort Mitchell is one of the best-graded places in America: an A+, 11th of 138 graded towns in Kentucky. Its schools outperform 98% of the state's, the median household earns $86K, and it is healthier than 82% of U.S. towns. Its lowest mark, a C, is in cost of living. Only 14 of Kentucky’s 238 towns score higher on hazard risk. Fort Mitchell has 4 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Old Fort Mitchell Historic District and Kruempelman Farmhouse. Among 119 Kentucky towns, just 4 have a higher typical home value than Fort Mitchell.
Where Fort Mitchell beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Beechwood Elementary School | PK–6 | 780 |
| Blessed Sacrament Elementary School | PK–8 | 456 |
| Beechwood High School | 7–12 | 762 |
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kentucky), ordered by how far Fort Mitchell is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 80 in 1910, a low of 80 in 1910, 8,702 in 2020. The archive holds 8 old photos and papers going back to 1866 and 4 maps from 1914 on.
4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Fort Mitchell. Close and well known come first.
4 mi Stadium & arenaPaycor Stadium
4 mi Stadium & arenaGreat American Ball Park
Big draw26 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year
Big draw29 mi Theme parkArk Encounter
5 mi Stadium & arenaTQL Stadium
6 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 · Kings Island: Eli Duke from Portland, OR, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Ark Encounter: OlinEJ, CC0 · 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 Fort Mitchell, 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 Fort Mitchell.
Fort Mitchell has schools in the top 5% of Kentucky, sends many workers across the state line and has less tooth loss than most of Kentucky.
Its typical home is the priciest on its borders; Lakeside Park is next at $359K. The median property tax bill is $4,546, against $1,544 across Kentucky, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The typical Fort Mitchell home is worth about $421,000, up 5.1% in a year, 82% above the Kentucky typical home. 58% of households own their home in Fort Mitchell, where Kentucky’s towns sit at 59% and U.S. towns at 73%.
| Fort Mitchell | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 58% | 59% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,039 a month | $930 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its A+ ranks #3 of the 139 Kentucky towns we grade for schools. Its A+ is the best School Grade on its borders; Fort Wright (A) is next.
Its public schools are run by the Beechwood Independent school district.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beechwood Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 780 | A+ |
| Beechwood High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 762 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within KY on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with Kentucky is tooth loss: 8.7% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 18.9% statewide.
11% of adults report frequent physical distress in Fort Mitchell, below both Kentucky’s towns (15%) and U.S. towns (14%). 20% of Fort Mitchell adults get no exercise outside work. Fort Mitchell beats the Kentucky average on 18 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 0.
| Fort Mitchell | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 15% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 23% | 19% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 27% | 25% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 8.4% | 16% | 14% |
| What stands out | Fort Mitchell | KY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 8.7% | 18.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.4% | 15.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 80% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Reported crimes fell from 89 to 62 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings. Violent crime is rare: 3 reported in 2025, 0.3 per 1,000 residents.
The violent crime rate in Fort Mitchell is 0.3 per 1,000 residents.
| Fort Mitchell | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.3 per 1,000 residents | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 6.7 per 1,000 residents | 8.3 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Fort Mitchell 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
24% of working residents cross a state line to work. Fort Mitchell has about as many jobs (3,733) as working residents, but only 231 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Fort Mitchell for work: only 5% work in town. Fort Mitchell’s average trip to work is 19 minutes. Since 2013, Fort Mitchell has added 600 jobs, to 3,733 in 2023.
| Fort Mitchell | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 8.1% | 16% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.4% | 15% | 8% |
| Median household income | $86,000 | $59,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
0.4 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves.
| Fort Mitchell | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.5% | 1.8% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. General Ormsby Mitchel Park | 0.4 mi | 8 |
| 2. Beechwood Swim Club | — | 6 |
| 3. Crescent Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
14 within 15 miles of the center of Fort Mitchell
About 5 of every 100 Fort Mitchell residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Kentucky.
4 places in Fort Mitchell on the National Register of Historic Places.
City in Kentucky, United States
Fort Mitchell is a home rule-class city in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 8,702 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Cincinnati metropolitan area.
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4 towns share a border with Fort Mitchell.
| Town | KY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Mitchell | #11 | A+ | C | A− | A+ | A− |
| Fort Wright | #5 | A+ | B− | A− | A | A− |
| Crescent Springs | #28 | A− | C+ | — | A | A− |
| Lakeside Park | #8 | A+ | B− | — | A | B+ |
| Crestview Hills | #7 | A+ | B− | — | A | A− |
Crescent Springs, Lakeside Park and Crestview Hills report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Fort Mitchell with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Fort Mitchell grades A+ overall, better than 97% of U.S. towns and #11 of 138 in Kentucky. It grades A− for health, A− for safety and A+ for schools.
That is 5.2 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 C.
2 notable people were born here, including Bill Kraus and Michelle M. Keller.
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