Salt Lick vs Sharpsburg

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

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

Sharpsburg has the higher population (418 vs 290 in Salt Lick). Salt Lick has the higher median household income ($48,750 vs $25,385 in Sharpsburg). Salt Lick has the higher median home value ($111,300 vs $58,600 in Sharpsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Salt Lick	Sharpsburg
Population	290	418
Median age	38.2 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$25,385
Median home value	$111,300	$58,600
Median gross rent	$693	$305
Housing units	122	198
Homeownership rate	59.1%	56.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	3.8%
Unemployment rate	22.2%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Salt Lick	Sharpsburg
Population	300 → 290 (-3.3%)	430 → 418 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$29,375 → $48,750 (+66.0%)	$29,423 → $25,385 (-13.7%)
Median home value	$92,500 → $111,300 (+20.3%)	$63,200 → $58,600 (-7.3%)
Median gross rent	$550 → $693 (+26.0%)	$613 → $305 (-50.2%)

Salt Lick

Population

300290

Median household income

$29,375$48,750

Median home value

$92,500$111,300

Median gross rent

$550$693

Sharpsburg

Population

430418

Median household income

$29,423$25,385

Median home value

$63,200$58,600

Median gross rent

$613$305

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Salt Lick	Sharpsburg
Under 5	11.0%	0.7%
5 to 17	21.7%	15.3%
18 to 24	4.8%	21.1%
25 to 34	9.0%	7.7%
35 to 44	7.9%	9.8%
45 to 54	15.2%	5.0%
55 to 64	14.1%	20.1%
65 to 74	5.9%	8.9%
75 and over	10.3%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Salt Lick	Sharpsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	99.7%	61.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	30.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Salt Lick	Sharpsburg
No high school diploma	11.6%	38.8%
High school graduate	41.4%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	16.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	1.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Salt Lick	Sharpsburg
Drove alone	80.5%	59.5%
Carpooled	1.2%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.1%	21.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Salt Lick	Sharpsburg
1-unit, detached	71.3%	58.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	23.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	26.2%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Salt Lick	Sharpsburg
Poverty rate	44.8%	27.4%
Average household size	3.12	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	31	21
Median year structure built	1969	1974