Cold Brook vs Old Forge

A side-by-side comparison of Cold Brook and Old Forge: population, income, housing, and more.

Cold Brook and Old Forge are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Old Forge has the higher population (359 vs 191 in Cold Brook). Cold Brook has the higher median household income ($101,500 vs $70,313 in Old Forge). Old Forge has the higher median home value ($332,200 vs $125,000 in Cold Brook).

Population, income & housing

	Cold Brook	Old Forge
Population	191	359
Median age	35.8 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$101,500	$70,313
Median home value	$125,000	$332,200
Housing units	98	598
Homeownership rate	70.5%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	64.3%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	15.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cold Brook	Old Forge
Population	289 → 191 (-33.9%)	479 → 359 (-25.1%)
Median household income	$32,500 → $101,500 (+212.3%)	$47,222 → $70,313 (+48.9%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $125,000 (+38.9%)	$182,200 → $332,200 (+82.3%)
Median gross rent	$820 → $700 (-14.6%)	—

Cold Brook

Population

289191

Median household income

$32,500$101,500

Median home value

$90,000$125,000

Median gross rent

$820$700

Old Forge

Population

479359

Median household income

$47,222$70,313

Median home value

$182,200$332,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cold Brook	Old Forge
Under 5	4.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.8%	7.0%
18 to 24	6.3%	6.4%
25 to 34	18.3%	14.5%
35 to 44	14.7%	22.6%
45 to 54	14.1%	10.9%
55 to 64	6.3%	0.0%
65 to 74	13.6%	21.7%
75 and over	3.7%	17.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cold Brook	Old Forge
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cold Brook	Old Forge
No high school diploma	12.6%	7.1%
High school graduate	34.1%	21.5%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	7.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	41.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	22.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cold Brook	Old Forge
Drove alone	88.0%	60.7%
Carpooled	9.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	39.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cold Brook	Old Forge
1-unit, detached	82.7%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Cold Brook	Old Forge
Poverty rate	13.0%	8.1%
Average household size	2.17	1.74
Mean commute (minutes)	34	—
Median year structure built	1938	1945