What is the population of Wilder city?

Wilder city has 3,148 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #120 of 554 in Kentucky.

What is the median household income in Wilder city?

Median household income in Wilder city is $71,567 a year, 8.9% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,376 a month and the median home value is $137,600, so rent absorbs about 23.1% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 1.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Wilder city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Wilder, KY population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Wilder, Kentucky (Wilder, KY — Census place “Wilder city”) is 3,148 residents, ranking #120 of 554 places in Kentucky. Median household income is $71,567, the median home is worth $137,600 and median gross rent runs $1,376 a month. Looking for the Wilder Kentucky ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Wilder, KY: 41071, 41076.

Population: 3,148Wilder city residents
Median household income: $71,567Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $137,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,376Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 76.9%Owner-occupied households

Wilder ZIP codes (Kentucky)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Wilder.

The Wilder KY ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Wilder city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Wilder city median would spend about 23.1% 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 1.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15.8% of residents and 76.9% of households own their home.

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

Wilder city, KY in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Wilder city is a small town in Kentucky, with 3,148 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #120 of 554 ranked by population — larger than 78% of them. The median age here is 38.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Wilder city earn a median of $71,567 a year, 8.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 29% 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 15.8% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Wilder city is valued at $137,600, 54.6% below the national figure and 12% below the $157,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,376 a month, 2.1% below the national figure, or roughly $16,512 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 23.1% 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 1.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 76.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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

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What is the population of Wilder city?: Wilder city has 3,148 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #120 of 554 in Kentucky.
What is the median household income in Wilder city?: Median household income in Wilder city is $71,567 a year, 8.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Wilder city?: Median gross rent is $1,376 a month and the median home value is $137,600, so rent absorbs about 23.1% of median household income.
Is Wilder city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 1.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Wilder city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Wilder city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.