Coldstream vs West Buechel

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

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

West Buechel has the higher population (1,624 vs 1,269 in Coldstream). Coldstream has the higher median household income ($96,417 vs $47,066 in West Buechel). Coldstream has the higher median home value ($260,300 vs $152,600 in West Buechel).

Population, income & housing

	Coldstream	West Buechel
Population	1,269	1,624
Median age	36.2 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$96,417	$47,066
Median home value	$260,300	$152,600
Median gross rent	$2,121	$1,148
Housing units	473	671
Homeownership rate	79.7%	15.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.5%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coldstream	West Buechel
Population	1,311 → 1,269 (-3.2%)	1,486 → 1,624 (+9.3%)
Median household income	$80,114 → $96,417 (+20.3%)	$38,024 → $47,066 (+23.8%)
Median home value	$165,200 → $260,300 (+57.6%)	$86,700 → $152,600 (+76.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,614 → $2,121 (+31.4%)	$863 → $1,148 (+33.0%)

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

West Buechel

Population

1,4861,624

Median household income

$38,024$47,066

Median home value

$86,700$152,600

Median gross rent

$863$1,148

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coldstream	West Buechel
Under 5	8.6%	6.0%
5 to 17	18.8%	21.6%
18 to 24	4.6%	8.8%
25 to 34	17.2%	23.2%
35 to 44	13.8%	17.0%
45 to 54	14.2%	9.1%
55 to 64	10.2%	6.2%
65 to 74	9.8%	7.3%
75 and over	2.8%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coldstream	West Buechel
White (non-Hispanic)	58.6%	31.1%
Black or African American	25.2%	32.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	8.4%	15.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	13.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coldstream	West Buechel
No high school diploma	2.0%	11.3%
High school graduate	15.3%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	26.8%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	19.7%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coldstream	West Buechel
Drove alone	78.2%	69.4%
Carpooled	9.2%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.3%	7.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coldstream	West Buechel
1-unit, detached	100.0%	30.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	43.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	19.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Coldstream	West Buechel
Poverty rate	2.8%	16.5%
Average household size	2.68	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1998	1963