Best PlacesSalt Lick, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Salt 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.
Salt Lick ranks 45,291st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Education levels pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on affordable childcare.
The best neighborhoods in Salt 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.
Salt Lick's strengths and weaknesses
Where Salt Lick ranks high
- Cheap childcare$541 a month, better than 88% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 83% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 76% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 76% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 74% of towns
Where Salt Lick ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 10% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 12% of towns
- Household income$51,323 median, better than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Salt Lick
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Salt Lick home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $51,323, 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 Salt Lick's effective rate of 0.45%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Salt Lick
Salt Lick runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Salt Lick.
Who works in Salt Lick, and how
Work in Salt Lick centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Salt Lick
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Salt Lick.
What the weather is like in Salt Lick, month by month
Salt Lick sees roughly 71 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 Salt Lick
The nearest airport, Blue Grass, is about 55 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 86 miles away.
The best schools in and around Salt Lick
Schools across Salt Lick average a C−, better than 21% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mcbrayer Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Crossroads Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Owingsville Elementary SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Top middle schools
- Rowan County Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Bath County Middle SchoolD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Bath County High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Rowan County Senior High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Menifee County High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Salt Lick school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Salt 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 Salt Lick against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Salt Lick
Is Salt Lick a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Salt Lick ranks 45,291st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, low property taxes, and civic engagement, and lowest on education levels 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 Salt Lick expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $160,033. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $51,323 median income, cost of living beats 18% of towns.
Is Salt Lick safe?
Yes, Salt Lick is safer than 56% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $257 per resident a year.
Compare Salt Lick with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Salt Lick. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Salt 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.
Salt Lick detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Salt Lick: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Salt Lick: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Salt Lick: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Salt Lick: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Salt 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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