Cold Spring vs Highland Heights

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

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

Highland Heights has the higher population (6,531 vs 6,298 in Cold Spring). Cold Spring has the higher median household income ($80,172 vs $52,437 in Highland Heights). Cold Spring has the higher median home value ($235,200 vs $148,600 in Highland Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Cold Spring	Highland Heights
Population	6,298	6,531
Median age	52.0 yrs	29.7 yrs
Median household income	$80,172	$52,437
Median home value	$235,200	$148,600
Median gross rent	$1,185	$1,101
Housing units	3,069	2,933
Homeownership rate	87.6%	63.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.6%	40.2%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cold Spring	Highland Heights
Population	6,401 → 6,298 (-1.6%)	7,149 → 6,531 (-8.6%)
Median household income	$77,774 → $80,172 (+3.1%)	$46,979 → $52,437 (+11.6%)
Median home value	$196,200 → $235,200 (+19.9%)	$108,900 → $148,600 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,032 → $1,185 (+14.8%)	$921 → $1,101 (+19.5%)

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

Highland Heights

Population

7,1496,531

Median household income

$46,979$52,437

Median home value

$108,900$148,600

Median gross rent

$921$1,101

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cold Spring	Highland Heights
Under 5	4.1%	2.1%
5 to 17	11.4%	10.9%
18 to 24	6.3%	30.7%
25 to 34	10.2%	13.7%
35 to 44	9.4%	9.4%
45 to 54	11.4%	8.2%
55 to 64	18.4%	9.9%
65 to 74	19.7%	7.7%
75 and over	9.2%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cold Spring	Highland Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	88.2%
Black or African American	2.4%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cold Spring	Highland Heights
No high school diploma	4.6%	6.6%
High school graduate	27.1%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	27.4%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cold Spring	Highland Heights
Drove alone	74.6%	69.2%
Carpooled	2.9%	9.7%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	7.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	19.4%	12.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cold Spring	Highland Heights
1-unit, detached	49.7%	45.4%
1-unit, attached	23.9%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	17.0%	39.6%
20 or more units	2.4%	11.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cold Spring	Highland Heights
Poverty rate	10.2%	18.5%
Average household size	2.08	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	21	17
Median year structure built	1999	1985