Owingsville vs Salt Lick

A side-by-side comparison of Owingsville and Salt Lick: population, income, housing, and more.

Owingsville and Salt Lick are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Owingsville has the higher population (1,977 vs 290 in Salt Lick). Salt Lick has the higher median household income ($48,750 vs $40,150 in Owingsville). Salt Lick has the higher median home value ($111,300 vs $92,700 in Owingsville).

Population, income & housing

	Owingsville	Salt Lick
Population	1,977	290
Median age	41.5 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$40,150	$48,750
Median home value	$92,700	$111,300
Median gross rent	$529	$693
Housing units	1,017	122
Homeownership rate	58.6%	59.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	22.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Owingsville	Salt Lick
Population	2,129 → 1,977 (-7.1%)	300 → 290 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$34,722 → $40,150 (+15.6%)	$29,375 → $48,750 (+66.0%)
Median home value	$91,700 → $92,700 (+1.1%)	$92,500 → $111,300 (+20.3%)
Median gross rent	$560 → $529 (-5.5%)	$550 → $693 (+26.0%)

Owingsville

Population

2,1291,977

Median household income

$34,722$40,150

Median home value

$91,700$92,700

Median gross rent

$560$529

Salt Lick

Population

300290

Median household income

$29,375$48,750

Median home value

$92,500$111,300

Median gross rent

$550$693

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Owingsville	Salt Lick
Under 5	8.3%	11.0%
5 to 17	14.3%	21.7%
18 to 24	4.2%	4.8%
25 to 34	15.6%	9.0%
35 to 44	10.7%	7.9%
45 to 54	17.5%	15.2%
55 to 64	12.4%	14.1%
65 to 74	7.5%	5.9%
75 and over	9.5%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Owingsville	Salt Lick
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	99.7%
Black or African American	3.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Owingsville	Salt Lick
No high school diploma	13.0%	11.6%
High school graduate	35.7%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Owingsville	Salt Lick
Drove alone	92.6%	80.5%
Carpooled	3.4%	1.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	12.2%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Owingsville	Salt Lick
1-unit, detached	63.1%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.3%	26.2%

Poverty & households

	Owingsville	Salt Lick
Poverty rate	20.3%	44.8%
Average household size	2.13	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	17	31
Median year structure built	1972	1969