The overall crime rate in Flat Lick is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Flat Lick has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Flat Lick a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Flat Lick, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.37 minutes every day commuting to work.
Flat Lick is a very car-oriented town. 100.00% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Flat Lick is a small town , and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Flat Lick has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.
As is often the case in a small town, Flat Lick doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The population of Flat Lick has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 0.00% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Flat Lick in 2018 was $6,485, which is low income relative to Kentucky and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $25,940 for a family of four. Flat Lick also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 73.61% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Flat Lick home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Flat Lick residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Flat Lick include Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, West Indian, U.S. Virgin Islander, and Trinidadian and Tobagonian.
The most common language spoken in Flat Lick is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.
