Best PlacesLees Lick, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lees Lick, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Lees Lick ranks 18,502nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lees 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.
Lees Lick's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lees Lick ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 92% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 89% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 85% of towns
Where Lees Lick ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 53 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 16% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 16% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lees Lick
A household needs to earn about $84,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lees Lick home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $89,344, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Lees Lick's effective rate of 0.39%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lees Lick
Lees Lick runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lees Lick.
Who works in Lees Lick, and how
Work in Lees Lick centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Lees Lick
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lees Lick.
What the weather is like in Lees Lick, month by month
Lees Lick sees roughly 53 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 35° | 26° |
| April | 70° | 56° | 44° |
| July | 89° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 74° | 60° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Lees Lick
The nearest airport, Blue Grass, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 51 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lees Lick
Schools across Lees Lick average a D+, better than 16% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Eastern Elementary SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Westside Elementary SchoolD · 19% proficient
- Southside Elementary SchoolD · 17% proficient
Top middle schools
- Royal Spring Middle SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Harrison County Middle SchoolD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Scott County High SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Harrison County High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lees Lick school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lees 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 Lees Lick against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lees Lick
Is Lees Lick a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lees Lick ranks 18,502nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, an educated workforce, and low property taxes, and lowest on the weather and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lees Lick expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $340,827. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $89,344 median income, cost of living beats 85% of towns.
Is Lees Lick safe?
Yes, Lees Lick is safer than 87% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $174 per resident a year.
Compare Lees Lick with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lees Lick. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lees 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.
Lees Lick detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lees Lick: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lees Lick: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lees Lick: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lees Lick: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lees 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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