A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Edgewood$2,250/mo

Typical home $374K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.93% · or rent about $1,073/mo · Housing →

Fort Wright$2,020/mo

Typical home $342K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.80% · or rent about $1,142/mo · Housing →

The difference: $230 a month, about $2,800 a year, between Edgewood and Fort Wright.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Where they are

Edgewood and Fort Wright share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

EdgewoodFort Wright

Edgewood ↔ Fort Wright2.9 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

159 Edgewood residents work in Fort Wright (3.8% of its workers)

99 Fort Wright residents work in Edgewood (3.5% of its workers)

Work & commute in Edgewood →

Report cards

Edgewood places higher on 14 of 20 KY lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Kentucky ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

AEdgewoodSafer than 86% of U.S. towns A−Fort WrightSafer than 84% of U.S. towns

Schools

A−EdgewoodBetter than 84% of districts in the state A−Fort WrightBetter than 84% of districts in the state

Health

A−EdgewoodHealthier than 79% of U.S. towns A−Fort WrightHealthier than 76% of U.S. towns

14Edgewood

5Fort Wright

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most new homesHousing · 77 towns #61#9 Most remote workersWork · 144 towns #11#46 Fastest growingGrowth · 143 towns #118#89 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 145 towns #3#27 Most walkableOutdoors · 145 towns #70#91 Most educatedPeople · 145 towns #13#25 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 144 towns #4#15 Lowest depressionHealth · 144 towns #7#16

Left end = #1 in Kentucky. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Edgewood’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

EdgewoodFort Wright

Snow a year23″23″

January low23°F 23°F

July high86°F 86°F

Growing season (days)188d 188d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)28th 21st

Outdoors & history

EdgewoodFort Wright

Trails1 mi 1 mi

Conserved land2.2%2.5%

Settled1948 —

National Register places—1

Archive photos1 1

Famous people born here3 2

Community

EdgewoodFort Wright

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Kentucky average

EdgewoodFort Wright

People

Population 8,447Highest 5,887Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -1.6%Lowest KY: +3.8% +2.2%Highest KY: +3.8%

Median age 45.5±4.9Highest 16% above KY 37.5±6.3Lowest 4% below KY

Edgewood and Fort Wright are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 21.1%±3.3Highest KY: 22.6% 20.2%±5Lowest KY: 22.6%

Edgewood and Fort Wright are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 25.3%±3.6Highest KY: 17.3% 20.3%±3.8Lowest KY: 17.3%

Edgewood and Fort Wright are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 54.9%Highest KY: 27.6% 45.3%Lowest KY: 27.6%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.2%±2.2Highest KY: 5.5% 4.6%±1.9Lowest KY: 5.5%

Edgewood and Fort Wright are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $119,028±$16kHighest 87% above KY $105,024±$26kLowest 65% above KY

Edgewood and Fort Wright are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $312,200±$22kLowest 52% above KY $328,900±$18kHighest 60% above KY

Fort Wright and Edgewood are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,073±$144Lowest 11% above KY $1,142±$125Highest 18% above KY

Fort Wright and Edgewood are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,909Highest 88% above KY $2,616Lowest 69% above KY

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 33.6%±17.1Highest KY: 45.4% 27%±14.9Lowest KY: 45.4%

Edgewood and Fort Wright are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 3.8%Highest KY: 16.1% 3%Lowest KY: 16.1%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 92.9%Highest KY: 68.3% 70.7%Lowest KY: 68.3%

Typical home builtmedian year 1976Highest 6 yrs older than KY 1974Lowest 8 yrs older than KY

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 20 minHighest 16% below KY 20 minLowest 19% below KY

Work from home 19.3%±3.9Highest KY: 10.2% 12.6%±3.6Lowest KY: 10.2%

Edgewood and Fort Wright are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 7.1%Highest 4.3%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 6.8 miHighest 6.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.64Lowest 1.99Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Cincinnati (12%)Cincinnati (16%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 4% work in Fort Wright4% work in Edgewood

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.2%Lowest 2.5%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.8 miLowest 1.3 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 0.4 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 51.3Highest 44.2Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #19 of 126 in KY—

School district Kenton County—

High school in town Dixie Heights High School—

Students per teacherat that high school 22.6 —

Kentucky average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Edgewood vs Fort Wright

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $230 more a month in Edgewood

Edgewood and Fort Wright share a border

Edgewood places higher on 14 of 20 KY lists

What daily life feels like in each

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