Kentucky · Census place 2128612
Fort Wright, Kentucky
Fort Wright is a city in Kenton County, Kentucky with an estimated 6,096 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 72nd largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 6,096
- #72 of 206 in Kentucky
- Change since 2020
- +5.1%
- +297 people
- Land area
- 3.4 sq mi
- + 0.04 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,793 / sq mi
- State median 1,588
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Fort Wright population, 2020 to 2024
Fort Wright added 297 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.1%. In the latest year it moved by +63. Among 79 Kentucky places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 11th; the median place changed by +2.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kentucky has 10,541 people, so Fort Wright is 58% of it.
Fort Wright covers 3.40 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 1,793 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Fort Wright is denser than the typical town.
What county Fort Wright is in
All of Fort Wright's residents live in Kenton County, which had 174,862 residents in 2024. Fort Wright holds 3.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Fort Wright
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Fort Wright by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 41011, 41015, 41017. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Fort Wright is
The Census internal point of Fort Wright is at 39.045800, -84.536100. Frankfort, the capital, is 62.1 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fort Mitchell, KY (8,766 people), 1.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cincinnati, OH, 6.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.045800, -84.536100
- DMS
- 39°02'44.88"N 84°32'9.96"W
- UTM
- 16N 713229.5E 4324748.2N
- Geohash
- dngyhk4dq
- Plus code
- 86FQ2FW7+8H
Daylight in Fort Wright
At 39.05° N, Fort Wright gets about 14 h 55 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 25 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 29 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Fort Wright
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Fort Mitchell, 1.1 miles away, with 8,766 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Fort Wright, KY?
6,096 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 297 (5.1%) from 5,799 in July 2020.
What county is Fort Wright in?
Kenton County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Fort Wright?
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 41011, 41015, 41017.
How far is Fort Wright from Frankfort?
62.1 miles (99.9 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Fort Wright.
What is the nearest larger city to Fort Wright?
Fort Mitchell, KY, with 8,766 residents, 1.1 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.