Wilder, Kentucky.
Typical home $215,346 (+1.8% in a year). Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$612 (+118%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $3,815 +2%
- $211,531$215,346 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $41,889 +24%
- $173,457$215,346 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Wilder$1,130
- Kentucky$1,212
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 16 years.
Typical home values in Wilder, KY rose 1.8% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Wilder, Campbell County, Kentucky
Wilder is a city of 3,176 people in Campbell County. 81% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 19% are rented. Unemployment in Campbell County was 3.5% in August 2026, and the county had 1.0% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then finance and property.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Wilder is a small city in Campbell County, Kentucky, where most homes are lived in by their owners. Residents tend to be of middle age overall, and a large share of adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month, summers turn warm by July, and rain and melted snow fall steadily through the year.
Work. Residents mostly work in schools, hospitals and social care, in banks, insurance and property, in professional and business services, and in government. Within Wilder itself, some of the largest workplaces are Castellini Company, Precision Castparts and Building Crafts, Inc. (KY Region). The typical commute is a moderate one, and a fair number of people work from home.
Things to do. The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden is a short drive away, as is the Newport Aquarium. For baseball, Great American Ball Park is also a short drive. Those who like museums can reach the Cincinnati Art Museum a short drive away, or the Creation Museum, which is a longer drive.
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- 1,595households
- 61%of adults have a degree
- 19%below the poverty line
- 20 mintypical commute
- 18%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Campbell County had 32,037 jobs in 2025, 1.0% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 41° and lows near 24°; warmest in July, with highs near 87° and lows near 65°. About 43 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Cincinnati Lunken Airport weather station, 5 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Wilder
- Castellini CompanyRefrigerated warehousing510
- Building Crafts, Inc. (KY Region)Aqueduct construction130
- Precision CastpartsAircraft engine and engine parts manufacturing104
- Merkle Lawn CareLawn maintenance services46
- River Metals Recycling - NewportMetal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers22
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 5 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 812 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- TornadoesVery high
- LightningRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesrelatively high in parts of WilderRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Wilder’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Campbell County and the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro.
Wilder home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Wilder$215,346
- Kentucky$230,909
- United States$366,157
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Wilder12
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Wilder5
Zip codes with a Wilder address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Wilder — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.