Cold Spring vs Southgate

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

Cold Spring and Southgate 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 3,680 in Southgate). Cold Spring has the higher median household income ($80,172 vs $55,469 in Southgate). Cold Spring has the higher median home value ($235,200 vs $175,700 in Southgate).

Population, income & housing

	Cold Spring	Southgate
Population	6,298	3,680
Median age	52.0 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$80,172	$55,469
Median home value	$235,200	$175,700
Median gross rent	$1,185	$1,010
Housing units	3,069	1,735
Homeownership rate	87.6%	56.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.6%	32.3%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cold Spring	Southgate
Population	6,401 → 6,298 (-1.6%)	3,920 → 3,680 (-6.1%)
Median household income	$77,774 → $80,172 (+3.1%)	$57,458 → $55,469 (-3.5%)
Median home value	$196,200 → $235,200 (+19.9%)	$127,400 → $175,700 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,032 → $1,185 (+14.8%)	$880 → $1,010 (+14.8%)

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

Southgate

Population

3,9203,680

Median household income

$57,458$55,469

Median home value

$127,400$175,700

Median gross rent

$880$1,010

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cold Spring	Southgate
Under 5	4.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	11.4%	22.2%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.4%
25 to 34	10.2%	16.2%
35 to 44	9.4%	13.1%
45 to 54	11.4%	8.8%
55 to 64	18.4%	14.6%
65 to 74	19.7%	7.3%
75 and over	9.2%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cold Spring	Southgate
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	82.0%
Black or African American	2.4%	14.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cold Spring	Southgate
No high school diploma	4.6%	7.3%
High school graduate	27.1%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cold Spring	Southgate
Drove alone	74.6%	82.4%
Carpooled	2.9%	8.5%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.4%	7.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cold Spring	Southgate
1-unit, detached	49.7%	40.9%
1-unit, attached	23.9%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	17.0%	33.4%
20 or more units	2.4%	13.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Cold Spring	Southgate
Poverty rate	10.2%	20.4%
Average household size	2.08	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1999	1980