Coldstream vs Northfield

A side-by-side comparison of Coldstream and Northfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Coldstream has the higher population (1,269 vs 1,104 in Northfield). Northfield has the higher median household income ($110,714 vs $96,417 in Coldstream). Northfield has the higher median home value ($485,800 vs $260,300 in Coldstream).

Population, income & housing

	Coldstream	Northfield
Population	1,269	1,104
Median age	36.2 yrs	51.7 yrs
Median household income	$96,417	$110,714
Median home value	$260,300	$485,800
Median gross rent	$2,121	$1,533
Housing units	473	544
Homeownership rate	79.7%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.5%	67.9%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coldstream	Northfield
Population	1,311 → 1,269 (-3.2%)	1,181 → 1,104 (-6.5%)
Median household income	$80,114 → $96,417 (+20.3%)	$108,056 → $110,714 (+2.5%)
Median home value	$165,200 → $260,300 (+57.6%)	$391,700 → $485,800 (+24.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,614 → $2,121 (+31.4%)	$1,154 → $1,533 (+32.8%)

Coldstream

Population

1,3111,269

Median household income

$80,114$96,417

Median home value

$165,200$260,300

Median gross rent

$1,614$2,121

Northfield

Population

1,1811,104

Median household income

$108,056$110,714

Median home value

$391,700$485,800

Median gross rent

$1,154$1,533

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coldstream	Northfield
Under 5	8.6%	6.5%
5 to 17	18.8%	13.6%
18 to 24	4.6%	4.4%
25 to 34	17.2%	5.4%
35 to 44	13.8%	8.0%
45 to 54	14.2%	17.7%
55 to 64	10.2%	18.2%
65 to 74	9.8%	8.3%
75 and over	2.8%	17.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coldstream	Northfield
White (non-Hispanic)	58.6%	87.2%
Black or African American	25.2%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.2%
Asian	8.4%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coldstream	Northfield
No high school diploma	2.0%	4.4%
High school graduate	15.3%	11.4%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	16.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.8%	49.3%
Graduate or professional degree	19.7%	18.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coldstream	Northfield
Drove alone	78.2%	53.1%
Carpooled	9.2%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	34.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coldstream	Northfield
1-unit, detached	100.0%	61.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	18.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	21.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Coldstream	Northfield
Poverty rate	2.8%	5.4%
Average household size	2.68	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1998	1974