Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety70#4,652/15,637
Economy37#9,904/15,631
Housing91#1,390/14,977
Health55#7,065/15,609
Healthcare66#5,319/15,650
Environment28#11,110/15,453
Education78#3,488/15,649
Infrastructure52#7,460/15,650
Community49#8,021/15,651
Leisure & amenities85#2,415/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Wilder, Kentucky ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Campbell County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Hospital quality rating · high5.0
98/100Kentucky 2.8United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesCampbell County value
Drought exposure · low0%
98/100Kentucky 21%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAACampbell County value
Restaurants and bars · high14.1 /10k
94/100Kentucky 8.1 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCampbell County value
Gyms and fitness centers · high2.1 /10k
93/100Kentucky 1.0 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCampbell County value
Rent-burdened households · low25.6%
93/100Kentucky 45.4%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070High uncertainty
Bachelor's degree or higher · high61.0%
90/100Kentucky 27.5%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003

Weaknesses

Comfortable days · low21.9%
2/100Kentucky 23.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationCampbell County value
Grocery stores · low0.9 /10k
11/100Kentucky 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCampbell County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.490
14/100Kentucky 0.477United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Broadband subscriptions · low86.7%
16/100Kentucky 88.6%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Poverty rate · high18.6%
20/100Kentucky 15.4%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Depression · high26.5%
21/100Kentucky 27.4%United States 20.7%2022Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
47.1% (2015-2019) → 61.0% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Poverty rateWorsening
12.1% (2015-2019) → 18.6% (2020-2024)
+6.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
19.9% (2015-2019) → 25.6% (2020-2024)
+5.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateWorsening
4.5% (2015-2019) → 10.1% (2020-2024)
+5.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
19.8% (2015-2019) → 25.3% (2020-2024)
+5.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
High school diploma or higherImproving
94.5% (2015-2019) → 98.1% (2020-2024)
+3.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Wilder, Kentucky improved on 0 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Wilder, Kentucky between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.1 min2015-2019	20.0 min2020-2024	−2.1 min	Within the margin of error	72%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.1%2015-2019	61.0%2020-2024	+14 points	Within the margin of error	96%
Broadband subscriptions	87.0%2015-2019	86.7%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	7%
Effective property tax rate	0.93%2015-2019	0.93%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	15%
High school diploma or higher	94.5%2015-2019	98.1%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Within the margin of error	73%
Home price to income ratio	2.1×2015-2019	2.3×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	72%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4372015-2019	0.4902020-2024	+0.053	Within the margin of error	15%
Median household income	$66,1902015-2019	$70,8932020-2024	+7.1%	Within the margin of error	14%
Poverty rate	12.1%2015-2019	18.6%2020-2024	+6.5 points	Within the margin of error	9%
Rent as share of income	19.8%2015-2019	25.3%2020-2024	+5.5 points	Within the margin of error	20%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Wilder, Kentucky five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Wilder, Kentucky in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Wilder, Kentucky itself moved −8.1 points in standing on average over the same 9 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

3,135 residents (±19)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under 10 men (+6.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

3,135 residents (±19)

Wilder, Kentucky
Kentucky share

White91%2,866
Black1.1%†34
Hispanic or Latino0.0%0

Education

2,386 residents (±186)

Wilder, Kentucky
Kentucky share

No high school diploma1.9%†46
High school or GED16%†384
Some college14%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,595 households (±191)

Wilder, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Under $25k27%†427
$25k–50k11%†176
$50k–75k16%†260
$75k–100k15%†235
$100k–150k17%†274
$150k–200k7.9%†126
$200k or more6.1%†97

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $50k–75k (−9.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,595 households (±191)

Wilder, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Own81%1,289
Rent19%†306

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+15.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

297 households (±107)

Wilder, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,00011%†34
$1,000–1,50052%†155

Home values

1,289 homes (±198)

Wilder, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Under $150k47%†610
$150k–250k16%†205
$250k–400k30%†383

Age of homes

1,649 homes (±196)

Wilder, Kentucky
Kentucky share

2010 or later5.9%†97
2000–20097.0%†115
1980–199969%1,144

Size of homes

1,649 homes (±196)

Wilder, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom5.2%†86
2 bedrooms58%961

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,576 workers (±233)

Wilder, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Drive alone75%1,188
Carpool3.7%†58
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home18%†287
Other2.7%†43

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+10.1 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,289 workers (±195)

Wilder, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Under 15 min39%†501
15–29 min39%†500
30–44 min13%†171

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Campbell County, the county holding most of Wilder's residents.

Campbell County has 1,743 employer establishments, 186 for every 10,000 residents (0.75× the US rate of 248; 0.90× Kentucky's), with 25,891 paid employees at an average annual pay of $47,822. The Census Bureau also counts 6,517 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,743; 6,517 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 186; US 248 · Kentucky 207
Paid employees: 25,891
Average annual pay: $47,822; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Campbell County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	195	20.8	1.13×About typical	4,324	$18,328	25
Specialty trade contractors	155	16.5	1.07×About typical	1,420	$69,099	510
Ambulatory health care services	129	13.7	0.66×Fewer than typical	1,342	$74,171	212
Limited-service restaurants	90	9.6	1.20×About typical	1,922	$17,019	4
Lessors of real estate	84	8.9	0.73×Fewer than typical	184	$57,098	748
Full-service restaurants	82	8.7	1.14×About typical	2,072	$19,704	13
Building equipment contractors	69	7.4	1.22×About typical	679	$60,867	80
Construction of buildings	58	6.2	0.82×About typical	393	$63,924	184
Religious organizations	44	4.7	0.85×About typical	274	$20,653	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	44	4.7	0.70×Fewer than typical	1,218	$69,050	347
Offices of physicians	40	4.3	0.66×Fewer than typical	436	$114,461	30
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors	39	4.2	1.26×More than typical	469	$64,640	39

Rank places for an industry Open Campbell County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 93,864 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $132.9K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Wilder, Kentucky: $42.38 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $132.9K; −38% vs FY2025
Per resident: $42.38; US $1,994
Sole-source: 15%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of Veterans Affairs$95.2K72%
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$32.2K24%
Defense Logistics Agency$5,4144.1%

Top recipients

SUPERIOR PROSTHETIC SOLUTIONS INC$56.1K42%
NATIONAL PROSTHETICS AND ORTHOTICS, INC.$37.1K28%
INTERNATIONAL IDENTIFICATION, INC$32.2K24%
EHB SUPPLY$5,4144.1%
WESTLAMB, LLC$2,0041.5%

Spending by fiscal year

507.1KFY2017
314.5KFY2018
295.8KFY2019
140.3KFY2020
154.5KFY2021
217.1KFY2022
177.9KFY2023
240K

Top industries (NAICS)

Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$93.2K70%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$32.2K24%
Other electrical equipment and component manufacturing · 3359$5,4144.1%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$2,0041.5%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Wilder, Kentucky, so they do not add up across cities.

Wilder, Kentucky's figures are part of those of Campbell County, KY ($1.6M in FY2026), never added to them: 8.5% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Wilder is mostly in Campbell County.

See federal money in Campbell County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Wilder, Kentucky is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Thomas MassieR-KY-4 · 100% of residentsWith party 85%Missed 5.9%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Campbell County77100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN69

Other cities and towns in Campbell County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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