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Fort Wright city, Kentucky: commercial real estate data.
Fort Wright city is a Census city of 5,887 people across 3.40 square miles of land, in Kenton County. Median household income is $105,024, 70.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 4 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $3.8 m.
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Fort Wright
What Fort Wright is
- Census place typecity
- Land area3.4 sq mi
- Water area0.04 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,732
- County holding the largest share of its areaKenton County, 100.0 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.
Fort Wright
How many people live in Fort Wright
- Population5,887
- Median age37.5
- Population under 181,188 plus or minus 296
- Share under 1820.2 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Population 65 and over1,198
- Share 65 and over20.3 percent
- Households2,315
- Family households1,453
- Share of households that are families62.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Wright
Income and work in Fort Wright
- Median household income$105,024 plus or minus $26,293
- Per capita income$44,173
- Civilian labor force3,247
- Employed3,136
- Unemployed111 plus or minus 60
- Unemployment rate3.4 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Adults 25 and over4,126
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher45.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree17.0 percent plus or minus 4.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Wright
Housing in Fort Wright
- Housing units2,425
- Occupied units2,315
- Vacant units110 plus or minus 76
- Vacancy rate4.5 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Owner occupied1,636
- Renter occupied679 plus or minus 148
- Ownership rate70.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$328,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,142
- Annual rent as a share of median income13.0 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Single family units1,759
- Share single family72.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more666 plus or minus 174
- Share in buildings of two or more27.5 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1974
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Wright
How Fort Wright gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,675
- Commuting under 15 minutes618 plus or minus 187
- Share commuting under 15 minutes23.1 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more584 plus or minus 186
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more21.8 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Drove alone74.8 percent
- Carpooled12.4 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home12.6 percent plus or minus 3.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Wright
SBA 7(a) lending to Fort Wright borrowers
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$3,765,000
- Average approval$941,250
- Median approval$1,135,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,245,000
- Largest approval$2,245,000
- Jobs supported38
- Jobs per approval9.5
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term133 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more25.0 percent
- Share to franchises75.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 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.
Fort Wright
SBA 504 lending to Fort Wright borrowers
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$1,794,000
- Average approval$598,000
- Median approval$618,000
- Largest approval$618,000
- Jobs supported37
- Loans with a final outcome1
- 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 Fort Wright
Kenton County context, not Fort Wright 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 Fort Wright 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 Fort Wright. 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
Fort Wright questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Fort Wright, Kentucky?
5,887, in 2,315 households. Fort Wright city covers 3.40 square miles of land, which is 1,732 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Fort Wright in?
Kenton County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Fort Wright?
$105,024. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $328,900. Median gross rent is $1,142 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Fort Wright businesses?
4 7(a) approvals totalling $3.8 m, across 3 lenders, median approval $1,135,000, plus 3 504 approvals worth $1.8 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Fort Wright, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Fort Wright borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Fort Wright. only 2 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 Fort Wright 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 Fort Wright.
Is zoning published for Fort Wright?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.