Alexandria vs Cold Spring

A side-by-side comparison of Alexandria and Cold Spring: population, income, housing, and more.

Alexandria and Cold Spring are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Alexandria has the higher population (10,430 vs 6,298 in Cold Spring). Alexandria has the higher median household income ($103,750 vs $80,172 in Cold Spring). Alexandria has the higher median home value ($253,400 vs $235,200 in Cold Spring).

Population, income & housing

	Alexandria	Cold Spring
Population	10,430	6,298
Median age	38.3 yrs	52.0 yrs
Median household income	$103,750	$80,172
Median home value	$253,400	$235,200
Median gross rent	$1,062	$1,185
Housing units	3,882	3,069
Homeownership rate	94.1%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.5%	40.6%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alexandria	Cold Spring
Population	9,425 → 10,430 (+10.7%)	6,401 → 6,298 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$81,159 → $103,750 (+27.8%)	$77,774 → $80,172 (+3.1%)
Median home value	$179,700 → $253,400 (+41.0%)	$196,200 → $235,200 (+19.9%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $1,062 (+22.5%)	$1,032 → $1,185 (+14.8%)

Alexandria

Population

9,42510,430

Median household income

$81,159$103,750

Median home value

$179,700$253,400

Median gross rent

$867$1,062

Cold Spring

Population

6,4016,298

Median household income

$77,774$80,172

Median home value

$196,200$235,200

Median gross rent

$1,032$1,185

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alexandria	Cold Spring
Under 5	7.3%	4.1%
5 to 17	17.7%	11.4%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.3%
25 to 34	13.8%	10.2%
35 to 44	12.8%	9.4%
45 to 54	10.9%	11.4%
55 to 64	13.2%	18.4%
65 to 74	10.9%	19.7%
75 and over	5.8%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alexandria	Cold Spring
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	93.3%
Black or African American	2.6%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alexandria	Cold Spring
No high school diploma	5.6%	4.6%
High school graduate	28.5%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alexandria	Cold Spring
Drove alone	78.5%	74.6%
Carpooled	6.2%	2.9%
Public transit	0.3%	1.0%
Walked	0.6%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	19.4%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alexandria	Cold Spring
1-unit, detached	87.0%	49.7%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	23.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	17.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alexandria	Cold Spring
Poverty rate	6.4%	10.2%
Average household size	2.77	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1994	1999