Cold Spring vs Newport

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

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

Newport has the higher population (14,039 vs 6,298 in Cold Spring). Cold Spring has the higher median household income ($80,172 vs $58,422 in Newport). Cold Spring has the higher median home value ($235,200 vs $221,100 in Newport).

Population, income & housing

	Cold Spring	Newport
Population	6,298	14,039
Median age	52.0 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$80,172	$58,422
Median home value	$235,200	$221,100
Median gross rent	$1,185	$994
Housing units	3,069	7,883
Homeownership rate	87.6%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.6%	35.8%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cold Spring	Newport
Population	6,401 → 6,298 (-1.6%)	15,123 → 14,039 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$77,774 → $80,172 (+3.1%)	$37,435 → $58,422 (+56.1%)
Median home value	$196,200 → $235,200 (+19.9%)	$144,000 → $221,100 (+53.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,032 → $1,185 (+14.8%)	$737 → $994 (+34.9%)

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

Newport

Population

15,12314,039

Median household income

$37,435$58,422

Median home value

$144,000$221,100

Median gross rent

$737$994

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cold Spring	Newport
Under 5	4.1%	4.7%
5 to 17	11.4%	7.9%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.2%
25 to 34	10.2%	20.4%
35 to 44	9.4%	15.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.7%
55 to 64	18.4%	15.3%
65 to 74	19.7%	11.6%
75 and over	9.2%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cold Spring	Newport
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	83.6%
Black or African American	2.4%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cold Spring	Newport
No high school diploma	4.6%	12.8%
High school graduate	27.1%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cold Spring	Newport
Drove alone	74.6%	64.0%
Carpooled	2.9%	8.3%
Public transit	1.0%	1.6%
Walked	2.1%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	19.4%	18.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cold Spring	Newport
1-unit, detached	49.7%	51.1%
1-unit, attached	23.9%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	17.0%	12.7%
20 or more units	2.4%	14.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Cold Spring	Newport
Poverty rate	10.2%	17.7%
Average household size	2.08	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1999	1947