Fort Wright ranks #9 in Kentucky for new homes
Fort Wright is ranked on 28 lists against the 145 Kentucky towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 5.
More snow than 100% of Kentucky
Not better or worse, just Fort Wright’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Fort Wright does best on
Each list ranks every KY town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Fort Wright marked.
Fort Wright lands in the top half on 9 of 15 lists
Each dot is Fort Wright’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in KY, the right end is last. Areas where Fort Wright does best come first.
2 spots from the top 25 for a top hospital nearby
Lists where Fort Wright sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Fort Wright out-ranks 0 of its 5 ranked neighbors
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.
Where Fort Wright lands in every KY ranking
32 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Hebron · 6.8%
#58
Most new homes#1 Elizabethtown · 17.4 per 1,000
#9
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Cave City · +84.8%
#67
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Russell · 30.3 per home
People
Most educated#1 Indian Hills · 84.8%
#25
Youngest#1 Morehead · 22.0
#67
Oldest#1 Prospect · 54.5
#79
Most residents 65+#1 Hendron · 32.4%
#32
Most kids#1 Walton · 40.9%
#109 
Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Campbell North · 10.3 min #44
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Murray · 36.6%
#45
Most trails#1 Southgate · 5.3 mi / sq mi
#47
Most walkable#1 Douglass Hills · 148 / sq mi
#91 
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Providence · 0.9 yrs
#127
Cheapest rent#1 Louisa · $488/mo
#100
Lowest property tax#1 Princeton · $535/yr
#121
Rent easiest to afford#1 Fort Knox · 22.7%
Climate
Snowiest#1 Covington · 23 in
#1
Least snow#1 Richmond · 1.3 in
#109
F
Mildest winters#1 Fort Campbell North · 27.6°
#115
Hottest summers#1 Bowling Green · 89.4°
#79
Coolest summers#1 Florence · 85.2°
#60
Longest growing season#1 Eddyville · 225 days
#87
Wettest#1 Russell Springs · 55 in
#131 The number on the right is Fort Wright’s spot. All of Kentucky’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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- 2,500+ residents. Census estimates for smaller towns carry margins of error too wide to rank fairly, so they sit out every KY list.
- One town, one row. A city that is both a city and a town in Census data, or a village inside a town, is counted once.
- Ties share a rank. Towns on one weather station, one school district or one CDC estimate share a figure, so they share a spot (T).
- No “worst” lists. Lists rank toward the good end, and share cards are made only for the top half. Age, snow and the like are character, not grades.
U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey 5-year, 2010 and 2020 censuses, Building Permits Survey), U.S. Department of Education, FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, CDC PLACES, Medicare Care Compare, IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FHFA House Price Index, NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. Each list explains its own method.