Overall, Carlisle’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Carlisle has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Carlisle has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Carlisle than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Carlisle may be for you.
Carlisle is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In Carlisle, just 7.01% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Carlisle in 2022 was $22,969, which is lower middle income relative to Kentucky, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $91,876 for a family of four.
The people who call Carlisle home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Carlisle residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Carlisle include Irish, English, Dutch, Scottish, and German.
The most common language spoken in Carlisle is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
