Best PlacesLog Lick, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Log 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.
Log Lick ranks 30,186th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Car insurance costs pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on fast internet.
The best neighborhoods in Log 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.
Log Lick's strengths and weaknesses
Where Log Lick ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 86% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 84% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 80% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 78% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 73% of towns
Where Log Lick ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 9% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 9% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Log Lick
A household needs to earn about $55,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Log Lick home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $80,442, 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 Log Lick's effective rate of 0.64%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Log Lick
Log Lick runs younger 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 Log Lick.
Who works in Log Lick, and how
Work in Log Lick centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Log Lick
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Log Lick.
What the weather is like in Log Lick, month by month
Log Lick sees roughly 69 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 Log Lick
The nearest airport, Blue Grass, is about 35 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 90 miles away.
The best schools in and around Log Lick
Schools across Log Lick average a D, better than 9% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Clay City Elementary SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Powell County Middle SchoolD · 21% proficient
- Estill County Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Estill County High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Powell County High SchoolD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Log Lick school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Log 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 Log Lick against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Log Lick
Is Log Lick a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Log Lick ranks 30,186th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, tree cover, and heat safety, and lowest on car insurance costs and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Log Lick expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $216,297. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $80,442 median income, cost of living beats 73% of towns.
Is Log Lick safe?
Log Lick is safer than 47% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $280 per resident a year.
Compare Log Lick with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Log Lick. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Log 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.
Log Lick detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Log Lick: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Log Lick: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Log Lick: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Log Lick: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Log 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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