What is the population of Elsmere city?

Elsmere city has 9,151 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #50 of 554 in Kentucky.

What is the median household income in Elsmere city?

Median household income in Elsmere city is $61,427 a year, 21.8% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Elsmere city?

Median gross rent is $1,303 a month and the median home value is $157,200, so rent absorbs about 25.5% of median household income.

Is Elsmere city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Elsmere city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 25.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Elsmere, KY population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Elsmere, Kentucky (Elsmere, KY — Census place “Elsmere city”) is 9,151 residents, ranking #50 of 554 places in Kentucky. Median household income is $61,427, the median home is worth $157,200 and median gross rent runs $1,303 a month. Looking for the Elsmere Kentucky ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Elsmere, KY: 41018.

Population: 9,151Elsmere city residents
Median household income: $61,427Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $157,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,303Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 31.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 70.3%Owner-occupied households

Elsmere ZIP codes (Kentucky)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Elsmere.

The Elsmere KY ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

41018

What the numbers mean in Elsmere city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Elsmere city median would spend about 25.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 14.7% of residents and 70.3% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Elsmere city, KY in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Elsmere city is a mid-size town in Kentucky, with 9,151 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #50 of 554 ranked by population — larger than 91% of them. The median age here is 31.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Elsmere city earn a median of $61,427 a year, 21.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 11% above the $55,469 median for the 246 Kentucky cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 14.7% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Elsmere city is valued at $157,200, 48.2% below the national figure and within a couple of points of the $157,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,303 a month, 7.3% below the national figure, or roughly $15,636 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 25.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 70.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Elsmere city?: Elsmere city has 9,151 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #50 of 554 in Kentucky.
What is the median household income in Elsmere city?: Median household income in Elsmere city is $61,427 a year, 21.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Elsmere city?: Median gross rent is $1,303 a month and the median home value is $157,200, so rent absorbs about 25.5% of median household income.
Is Elsmere city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Elsmere city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 25.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Elsmere city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.