Fort Wright is a somewhat small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 6,061 people and two associated neighborhoods, Fort Wright is the 77th largest community in Kentucky. Fort Wright real estate is some of the most expensive in Kentucky, although Fort Wright house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Fort Wright is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Fort Wright is a city of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fort Wright who work in business and financial occupations (12.77%), management occupations (12.64%), and office and administrative support (11.60%). Also of interest is that Fort Wright has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 13.21% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Being a small city, Fort Wright does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Fort Wright are among the most well-educated in the nation: 44.59% of adults in Fort Wright have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Fort Wright in 2022 was $45,130, which is wealthy relative to Kentucky, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $180,520 for a family of four. However, Fort Wright contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Fort Wright is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Fort Wright home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fort Wright residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Fort Wright include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French. The most common language spoken in Fort Wright is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
