Best PlacesGrassy Lick, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Grassy Lick, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Grassy Lick ranks 28,519th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on a strong job market, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Grassy Lick
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Grassy Lick's strengths and weaknesses
Where Grassy Lick ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 80% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 76% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 74% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 74% of towns
- Cheap childcare$645 a month, better than 74% of towns
Where Grassy Lick ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 16% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 16% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 19% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Grassy Lick
A household needs to earn about $69,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Grassy Lick home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $68,005; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Grassy Lick's effective rate of 0.74%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Grassy Lick
Grassy Lick runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Grassy Lick.
Who works in Grassy Lick, and how
Work in Grassy Lick centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Grassy Lick
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Grassy Lick.
What the weather is like in Grassy Lick, month by month
Grassy Lick sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 34° | 27° |
| April | 67° | 55° | 45° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Grassy Lick
The nearest airport, Blue Grass, is about 31 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 76 miles away.
The best schools in and around Grassy Lick
Schools across Grassy Lick average a C−, better than 27% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mapleton Elementary SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- North Middletown Elementary SchoolD− · 15% proficient
- William G. Conkwright ElementaryD− · 13% proficient
Top middle schools
- Rev. Henry E. Baker Sr. Interm. SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Robert D. Campbell Jr. HighC · 32% proficient
- Mcnabb Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Montgomery County High SchoolC · 31% proficient
- George Rogers Clark High SchoolC− · 26% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Grassy Lick school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Grassy Lick measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Grassy Lick against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Grassy Lick
Is Grassy Lick a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Grassy Lick ranks 28,519th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, low crime, and low disaster risk, and lowest on noise and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Grassy Lick expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $264,935. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $68,005 median income, cost of living beats 51% of towns.
Is Grassy Lick safe?
Yes, Grassy Lick is safer than 76% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $205 per resident a year.
Compare Grassy Lick with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Grassy Lick. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Grassy Lick represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Grassy Lick detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Grassy Lick: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Grassy Lick: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Grassy Lick: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Grassy Lick: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Grassy Lick detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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