Mays Lick vs Sardis

A side-by-side comparison of Mays Lick and Sardis: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mays Lick has the higher population (97 vs 59 in Sardis). Mays Lick has the higher median household income ($39,688 vs $35,417 in Sardis). Since 2019, Sardis's population has grown faster (-21.3% vs -66.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Mays Lick	Sardis
Population	97	59
Median age	51.5 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$39,688	$35,417
Median home value	—	$101,800
Housing units	160	27
Homeownership rate	83.0%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mays Lick	Sardis
Population	293 → 97 (-66.9%)	75 → 59 (-21.3%)
Median household income	$73,333 → $39,688 (-45.9%)	$21,250 → $35,417 (+66.7%)
Median home value	$97,500 → $87,500 (-10.3%)	$62,500 → $101,800 (+62.9%)

Mays Lick

Population

29397

Median household income

$73,333$39,688

Median home value

$97,500$87,500

Sardis

Population

7559

Median household income

$21,250$35,417

Median home value

$62,500$101,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mays Lick	Sardis
Under 5	0.0%	8.5%
5 to 17	14.4%	16.9%
18 to 24	4.1%	5.1%
25 to 34	7.2%	1.7%
35 to 44	10.3%	10.2%
45 to 54	15.5%	18.6%
55 to 64	20.6%	10.2%
65 to 74	18.6%	23.7%
75 and over	9.3%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mays Lick	Sardis
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	96.6%
Black or African American	8.2%	3.4%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mays Lick	Sardis
No high school diploma	3.8%	19.5%
High school graduate	57.0%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	2.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mays Lick	Sardis
Drove alone	50.0%	63.2%
Carpooled	28.6%	31.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.4%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mays Lick	Sardis
1-unit, detached	96.3%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	11.1%

Poverty & households

	Mays Lick	Sardis
Poverty rate	39.2%	18.0%
Average household size	1.83	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	—	34
Median year structure built	2003	1958