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Erlanger city, Kentucky: commercial real estate data.
Erlanger city is a Census city of 19,875 people across 8.39 square miles of land, in Kenton County. Median household income is $75,840, 69.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 31 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $10.4 m.
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Erlanger
What Erlanger is
- Census place typecity
- Land area8.39 sq mi
- Water area0.16 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,369
- County holding the largest share of its areaKenton County, 99.5 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Erlanger
How many people live in Erlanger
- Population19,875
- Median age38.0
- Population under 184,657
- Share under 1823.4 percent
- Population 65 and over3,132
- Share 65 and over15.8 percent
- Households7,792
- Family households4,704
- Share of households that are families60.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Erlanger
Income and work in Erlanger
- Median household income$75,840
- Per capita income$41,170
- Civilian labor force10,744
- Employed10,280
- Unemployed464 plus or minus 236
- Unemployment rate4.3 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Adults 25 and over13,716
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher32.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree11.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Erlanger
Housing in Erlanger
- Housing units8,180
- Occupied units7,792
- Vacant units388 plus or minus 168
- Vacancy rate4.7 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Owner occupied5,398
- Renter occupied2,394
- Ownership rate69.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$209,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$970
- Annual rent as a share of median income15.3 percent
- Single family units5,663
- Share single family69.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,283
- Share in buildings of two or more27.9 percent
- Mobile homes222 plus or minus 103
- Median year structure built1976
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Erlanger
How Erlanger gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute8,526
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,498
- Share commuting under 15 minutes29.3 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,823
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more21.4 percent
- Drove alone71.3 percent
- Carpooled8.5 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Public transport0.4 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Walked1.0 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Worked from home16.8 percent plus or minus 4.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Erlanger
SBA 7(a) lending to Erlanger borrowers
- Approvals31
- Gross approval$10,402,000
- Average approval$335,548
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$566,000
- Largest approval$2,457,300
- Jobs supported246
- Jobs per approval7.9
- Loans with a final outcome9
- Paid in full9
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more6.5 percent
- Share to franchises9.7 percent
- Distinct lenders11
- Distinct industries by NAICS20
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 9 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Erlanger
SBA 504 lending to Erlanger borrowers
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$2,408,000
- Average approval$602,000
- Median approval$427,000
- Largest approval$1,527,000
- Jobs supported16
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Kenton County, not Erlanger
Kenton County context, not Erlanger figures
These are Kenton County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Erlanger measurements.
- Establishments in Kenton County3,297
- Employment at those establishments, Kenton County68,018
- Covered employment, Kenton County74,672
- Average annual pay, Kenton County$71,985
- Average weekly wage, Kenton County$1,384
- Housing units permitted, Kenton County699
- Of those, single family, Kenton County366
- County product, 2024, Kenton County$12,391,283,000
- County product change over the prior year, Kenton County5.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Kenton County$64,252
Every figure in this section is published for Kenton County as a whole and is not a measurement of Erlanger. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Erlanger questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Erlanger, Kentucky?
19,875, in 7,792 households. Erlanger city covers 8.39 square miles of land, which is 2,369 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Erlanger in?
Kenton County, which holds 99.5 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Erlanger?
$75,840. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $209,000. Median gross rent is $970 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Erlanger businesses?
31 7(a) approvals totalling $10.4 m, across 11 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 4 504 approvals worth $2.4 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Erlanger, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Erlanger borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Erlanger. only 9 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Erlanger figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Kenton County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Erlanger.
Is zoning published for Erlanger?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.