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Place dossier plate
SheetKY-FLAT-LICK-KY · Flat Lick, KY 711 pop · income 0th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Flat Lick
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Flat Lick on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Lebeau · lowest
15,750
Lebeau · lowest
15,750 median HH income
18.3% of the leader · rank #1
Flat Lick · this city
15,828
Flat Lick · this city
15,828 median HH income
18.4% of the leader · rank #2
Fruitdale · near
15,833
Fruitdale · near
15,833 median HH income
18.4% of the leader · rank #3
Coto Norte co… · near
15,840
Coto Norte co… · near
15,840 median HH income
18.4% of the leader · rank #4
Mariano Colón… · near
15,870
Mariano Colón… · near
15,870 median HH income
18.5% of the leader · rank #5
Dudley · highest
85,859
Dudley · highest
85,859 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Flat Lick on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 711.
Flat Lick ranks in the 0th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
0th
percentile, household income
10th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Flat Lick, KY
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 711 residents in Flat Lick, a small town within Kentucky. The typical household in Flat Lick brings in $15,828 a year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 100.0%. The median resident age is 31.0 years. About 0.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 18.3% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The city is served by 2 public schools according to NCES Common Core of Data.
Living costs in Kentucky run below the national norm: the state registers 90.2 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Well Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $984 per month. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Kentucky's average monthly utility costs around $225 (state average). On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 44.2 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Flat Lick's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from schools and households to comparison shortlist to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Flat Lick, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, matched public-school count.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the education layer cover for Flat Lick?
The NCES join finds 2 public schools within the city match. 0.0% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
Which cities make useful reference points for Flat Lick?
Within Kentucky, the closest population matches are Ryland Heights (712 residents, $62,875 income); Blue Ridge Manor (718 residents, $68,281 income); Millersburg (703 residents, $43,558 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Leighton, AL (711 residents); Dudley, GA (711 residents); Golden, IL (711 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
What does the journey to work look like in Flat Lick?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 100.0%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 100.0% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
90.2 (US=100)
Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Kentucky average
F
City profile score · Flat Lick, KY
21/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living A
90.2 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Household income F
$15,828
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
100.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
0.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Flat Lick profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 85/100 (A) · 90.2 index
Household income: 0/100 (F) · $15,828
Poverty rate: 0/100 (F) · 100.0%
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 0.0%
How does Flat Lick compare to other US cities?
Flat Lick measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income0% higher than other cities
Median rent10% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Flat Lick against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Kentucky only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Kentucky-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Flat Lick near the bottom of Kentucky's cities
Among the 520 Kentucky cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Flat Lick ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Flat Lick only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#485 of 485
0th percentile in Kentucky
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 520
0th percentile in Kentucky
Poverty Rate
#1 of 519
100th percentile in Kentucky
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#500 of 520
0th percentile in Kentucky
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Kentucky only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
0th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$15,828Flat Lick, KY median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Flat Lick, KY median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Flat Lick, KY.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)0.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)100.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)18.3%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
711
Median Income
$15,828
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
31.0
Poverty Rate
100.0%
Labor force participation
18.3%
Bachelor's Degree+
0.0%
Schools
Total Schools
2
Public schools in this city
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
100.0%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 96 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Kentucky statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $225
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Kentucky at $225 (electricity about $115 , water and sewer about $40 ).
These are Kentucky statewide averages, not a meter reading for Flat Lick. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Kentucky's BEA cost-of-living index is 90.2 (Well Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Flat Lick is $984/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Kentucky statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 44.2 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Kentucky statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Flat Lick sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Flat Lick compares to similar-size Kentucky cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, NCES CCD, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.