Coldwater vs Quincy

A side-by-side comparison of Coldwater and Quincy: population, income, housing, and more.

Coldwater and Quincy are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Coldwater has the higher population (13,847 vs 1,487 in Quincy). Quincy has the higher median household income ($59,079 vs $50,084 in Coldwater). Coldwater has the higher median home value ($120,900 vs $111,800 in Quincy).

Population, income & housing

	Coldwater	Quincy
Population	13,847	1,487
Median age	40.2 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,084	$59,079
Median home value	$120,900	$111,800
Median gross rent	$912	$778
Housing units	4,980	787
Homeownership rate	61.3%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	9.0%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coldwater	Quincy
Population	12,241 → 13,847 (+13.1%)	1,476 → 1,487 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$43,200 → $50,084 (+15.9%)	$40,068 → $59,079 (+47.4%)
Median home value	$88,200 → $120,900 (+37.1%)	$80,100 → $111,800 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$740 → $912 (+23.2%)	$654 → $778 (+19.0%)

Coldwater

Population

12,24113,847

Median household income

$43,200$50,084

Median home value

$88,200$120,900

Median gross rent

$740$912

Quincy

Population

1,4761,487

Median household income

$40,068$59,079

Median home value

$80,100$111,800

Median gross rent

$654$778

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coldwater	Quincy
Under 5	5.3%	8.2%
5 to 17	16.6%	10.0%
18 to 24	9.5%	11.8%
25 to 34	12.8%	14.1%
35 to 44	12.9%	10.7%
45 to 54	12.6%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.9%	12.8%
65 to 74	10.7%	11.1%
75 and over	6.8%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coldwater	Quincy
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	95.5%
Black or African American	4.9%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.6%
Asian	0.2%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coldwater	Quincy
No high school diploma	12.9%	6.3%
High school graduate	37.6%	47.9%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coldwater	Quincy
Drove alone	76.6%	77.9%
Carpooled	13.7%	15.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	1.9%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coldwater	Quincy
1-unit, detached	53.7%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	11.6%
20 or more units	8.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.0%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Coldwater	Quincy
Poverty rate	19.9%	11.8%
Average household size	2.63	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	16	22
Median year structure built	1967	1955