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A town of 6,240, settled in 1950. A regional job hub with 5,605 jobs.
Trash day: look up yoursFort Wright is one of the best-graded places in America: an A+, 5th of 138 graded towns in Kentucky. The median household earns $105K, its public schools beat 90% of Kentucky towns on state tests and graduation, and crime is low: it reports less per resident than 83% of U.S. towns. Its lowest mark, a B−, is in cost of living. Only 13 of Kentucky’s 238 towns score higher on hazard risk. Fort Wright's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 89% of U.S. towns. Fort Mitchell Heights Historic District is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Fort Wright beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| St. Agnes School | K–8 | 374 |
Where Fort Wright’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 Fort Wright is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 594 in 1950, 5,851 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2017 and 4 maps from 1914 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Fort Wright. Close and well known come first.
4 mi Stadium & arenaPaycor Stadium
4 mi Stadium & arenaGreat American Ball Park
Big draw25 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 Wright, 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 Wright.
Fort Wright draws workers from Independence and beyond, has less tooth loss than most of Kentucky and has household incomes well above the Kentucky norm.
5,605 jobs are based in Fort Wright, 2 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. 28% of working residents cross a state line to work.
The top destinations are Cincinnati (16%), Covington (9%) and Florence (7%). 3% of residents live below the poverty line in Fort Wright, below both the Kentucky town median (16%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Fort Wright: 4.3% of working residents work locally. For half of commuters, work is under 6 miles away.
| Fort Wright | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3% | 16% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $105,000 | $59,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.3% | 15% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Agnes School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 374 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within KY on state tests and graduation
The median property tax bill is $2,616, against $1,544 across Kentucky, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
71% of households live in a home they own in Fort Wright, above Kentucky’s towns (59%) and close to U.S. towns (73%). A home in Fort Wright typically sold within 3 days of listing. Values rose 1.5% in the 12 months to September 2026.
| Fort Wright | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 71% | 59% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,142 a month | $930 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Violent crime is rare: 5 reported in 2025, 0.8 per 1,000 residents.
Fort Wright’s property crime rate comes in at 3.9 per 1,000 residents. Its violent offense rate comes in at 0.8 per 1,000 residents.
| Fort Wright | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3.9 per 1,000 residents | 8.3 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.8 per 1,000 residents | 1.3 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
1.3 miles of trail. Fort Wright’s trail network density stands at 0.4 miles per square mile.
| Fort Wright | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 2.5% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
35% of Fort Wright’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 26%. On expected storm and flood damage, Fort Wright sits below 79% of U.S. communities. The national flood insurance program has paid 5 claims in the town since 1979.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its widest gap with Kentucky is tooth loss: 8.9% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 18.9% statewide.
Among adults in Fort Wright, 25% have been diagnosed with depression. Two figures for adults in the town: 12% report frequent physical distress, 33% have obesity.
| Fort Wright | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 18% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 39% | 35% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 9.3% | 16% | 14% |
| What stands out | Fort Wright | KY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 8.9% | 18.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.3% | 15.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 24° and about 23 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
15 within 15 miles of the center of Fort Wright
About 5 of every 100 Fort Wright residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Kentucky.
City in Kentucky, United States
Fort Wright is a home rule-class city in Kenton County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 5,851 at the 2020 census. It is a suburb of the Cincinnati metropolitan area.
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6 towns share a border with Fort Wright.
| Town | KY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Wright | #5 | A+ | B− | A− | A | A− |
| Covington | #72 | C+ | B | C | B+ | C− |
| Fort Mitchell | #11 | A+ | C | A− | A+ | A− |
| Edgewood | #1 | A+ | B | A− | A | A− |
| Park Hills | #4 | A+ | B− | A− | A | A |
| Crestview Hills | #7 | A+ | B− | — | A | A− |
| Kenton Vale | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Crestview Hills reports no FBI crime data of its own. Kenton Vale isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Fort Wright with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Fort Wright grades A+ overall, better than 98% of U.S. towns and #5 of 138 in Kentucky. It grades A− for health, A− for safety and A for schools.
Yes, by national standards. Fort Wright reports less crime per resident than 83% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade: 5 violent and 24 property crimes in 2025.
That is 4.2 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 B−.
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