Cold Spring vs Dayton

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

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

Cold Spring has the higher population (6,298 vs 5,703 in Dayton). Cold Spring has the higher median household income ($80,172 vs $62,500 in Dayton). Cold Spring has the higher median home value ($235,200 vs $144,100 in Dayton).

Population, income & housing

	Cold Spring	Dayton
Population	6,298	5,703
Median age	52.0 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$80,172	$62,500
Median home value	$235,200	$144,100
Median gross rent	$1,185	$1,086
Housing units	3,069	2,699
Homeownership rate	87.6%	61.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.6%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cold Spring	Dayton
Population	6,401 → 6,298 (-1.6%)	5,496 → 5,703 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$77,774 → $80,172 (+3.1%)	$52,515 → $62,500 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$196,200 → $235,200 (+19.9%)	$107,000 → $144,100 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,032 → $1,185 (+14.8%)	$855 → $1,086 (+27.0%)

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

Dayton

Population

5,4965,703

Median household income

$52,515$62,500

Median home value

$107,000$144,100

Median gross rent

$855$1,086

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cold Spring	Dayton
Under 5	4.1%	6.0%
5 to 17	11.4%	15.0%
18 to 24	6.3%	10.2%
25 to 34	10.2%	12.6%
35 to 44	9.4%	14.7%
45 to 54	11.4%	14.4%
55 to 64	18.4%	11.4%
65 to 74	19.7%	8.8%
75 and over	9.2%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cold Spring	Dayton
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	89.4%
Black or African American	2.4%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cold Spring	Dayton
No high school diploma	4.6%	10.3%
High school graduate	27.1%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cold Spring	Dayton
Drove alone	74.6%	67.7%
Carpooled	2.9%	13.0%
Public transit	1.0%	1.1%
Walked	2.1%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	19.4%	10.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cold Spring	Dayton
1-unit, detached	49.7%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	23.9%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	17.0%	9.7%
20 or more units	2.4%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cold Spring	Dayton
Poverty rate	10.2%	18.3%
Average household size	2.08	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1999	1938