Cold Brook vs Salisbury Center

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

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

Salisbury Center has the higher population (238 vs 191 in Cold Brook). Cold Brook has the higher median household income ($101,500 vs $70,132 in Salisbury Center). Cold Brook has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $124,500 in Salisbury Center).

Population, income & housing

	Cold Brook	Salisbury Center
Population	191	238
Median age	35.8 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$101,500	$70,132
Median home value	$125,000	$124,500
Housing units	98	110
Homeownership rate	70.5%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cold Brook	Salisbury Center
Population	289 → 191 (-33.9%)	269 → 238 (-11.5%)
Median household income	$32,500 → $101,500 (+212.3%)	$61,172 → $70,132 (+14.6%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $125,000 (+38.9%)	$107,100 → $124,500 (+16.2%)
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

Salisbury Center

Population

269238

Median household income

$61,172$70,132

Median home value

$107,100$124,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cold Brook	Salisbury Center
Under 5	4.2%	3.4%
5 to 17	18.8%	13.0%
18 to 24	6.3%	5.5%
25 to 34	18.3%	15.1%
35 to 44	14.7%	13.4%
45 to 54	14.1%	13.9%
55 to 64	6.3%	8.4%
65 to 74	13.6%	15.5%
75 and over	3.7%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cold Brook	Salisbury Center
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	95.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cold Brook	Salisbury Center
No high school diploma	12.6%	10.8%
High school graduate	34.1%	48.9%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	21.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cold Brook	Salisbury Center
Drove alone	88.0%	93.5%
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%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cold Brook	Salisbury Center
1-unit, detached	82.7%	64.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	18.2%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	17.3%

Poverty & households

	Cold Brook	Salisbury Center
Poverty rate	13.0%	19.3%
Average household size	2.17	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	34	31
Median year structure built	1938	1938