Fort Mitchell Heights Historic District · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainA job hub: Fort Wright has 2.0 jobs per working resident, and 5,484 people come in to work
Employers in Fort Wright report 5,605 jobs, and 2,823 of its residents work somewhere. Fort Wright grades A for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Measured by household income, Fort Wright is ahead of 80% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Fort Wright apart on work
A lot of Fort Wright workers cross into Ohio
28% of Fort Wright workers work outside Kentucky, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Cincinnati (16%) is one of the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
Fort Wright is where the jobs are
Fort Wright has 5,605 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 9,000 people are in town, 45% more than the 6,200 who live here. Day and night ↓
Most Fort Wright residents work close to home
70% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Fort Wright draws workers from far and wide
The 5,605 jobs in Fort Wright are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 40%; the other 58% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Fort Wright
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Fort Wright is better than 93% of U.S. towns, #8 of 142 in Kentucky. The poverty rate is its strongest input (3.0%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fort Wright could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Where Fort Wright’s workers come from
Where Fort Wright clocks in
16% of workers
9% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Who works in Fort Wright, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 2,702 residents head out to work and 121 work right here.
About 9,000 people are in Fort Wright on a workday afternoon, 45% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The distance from Fort Wright to work
About 16% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The kinds of work in Fort Wright
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fort Wright, 2013 → 2023: 5,628 → 5,605. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fort Wright’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Fort Wright: about 20 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fort Wright workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,675 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Kentucky: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute in Fort Wright is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fort Wright is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns, #87 of 142 in Kentucky. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.1% across Kentucky.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,059 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 78% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, <1% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 7.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 90% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.7% of Fort Wright households have no vehicle (Kentucky 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fort Wright’s commuters take a bus or train.
Fort Wright is 270th of 3,297 U.S. towns of 4,400 to 8,400 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 70 | Union KY | 7,937 | $137K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 268 | Brentwood NH | 4,923 | $166K | 3.3% | 2.3% | 5% | A |
| 269 | Washington WI | 7,478 | $110K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 3% | A |
| 270 | Fort Wright KY | 6,240 | $105K | 3.0% | 3.4% | 4% | A |
| 271 | Tea SD | 8,019 | $120K | 4.7% | 2.0% | 10% | A |
| 272 | Fancy Creek Township IL | 5,806 | $145K | 4.1% | 1.9% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 288 | Prospect KY | 4,705 | $163K | 2.4% | 4.2% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 366 | Villa Hills KY | 7,797 | $108K | 3.7% | 3.6% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,297 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Fort Wright, the top three, the last and three more from Kentucky.
Bordering towns draw 16% of Fort Wright’s workers
The biggest share goes to Covington (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fort Wright workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Wright | – | A | B− | 20 min | $105,024 |
| Covington | 9% | C+ | A | 22 min | $61,166 |
| Fort Mitchell | 3% | A− | B+ | 19 min | $86,310 |
| Edgewood | 4% | A+ | B+ | 20 min | $119,028 |
| Park Hills | under 2% | B+ | B− | 19 min | $99,861 |
| Crestview Hills | under 2% | B | A | 17 min | $95,441 |
| Kenton Vale | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Kenton Vale: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Fort Wright’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Fort Wright: questions
What is the median household income in Fort Wright?
$105,024 (±$26,293) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fort Wright?
3.0%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fort Wright?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fort Wright work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (16%, 7 mi), Covington (9%, 1 mi), Florence (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fort Wright walkable?
Fort Wright is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 10.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fort Wright without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. <1% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fort Wright, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fort Wright
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.