Brewster Heights vs Cold Spring

A side-by-side comparison of Brewster Heights and Cold Spring: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cold Spring has the higher population (1,868 vs 1,356 in Brewster Heights). Brewster Heights has the higher median household income ($141,563 vs $116,635 in Cold Spring). Cold Spring has the higher median home value ($590,600 vs $354,500 in Brewster Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Brewster Heights	Cold Spring
Population	1,356	1,868
Median age	33.0 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$141,563	$116,635
Median home value	$354,500	$590,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,734
Housing units	410	963
Homeownership rate	82.7%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.5%	69.0%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brewster Heights	Cold Spring
Population	1,067 → 1,356 (+27.1%)	1,775 → 1,868 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$118,448 → $141,563 (+19.5%)	$98,056 → $116,635 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$247,200 → $354,500 (+43.4%)	$474,700 → $590,600 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,445 → $1,734 (+20.0%)

Brewster Heights

Population

1,0671,356

Median household income

$118,448$141,563

Median home value

$247,200$354,500

Cold Spring

Population

1,7751,868

Median household income

$98,056$116,635

Median home value

$474,700$590,600

Median gross rent

$1,445$1,734

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brewster Heights	Cold Spring
Under 5	8.9%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.2%	14.6%
18 to 24	7.7%	5.2%
25 to 34	17.5%	9.7%
35 to 44	8.0%	17.7%
45 to 54	15.7%	10.2%
55 to 64	10.0%	16.9%
65 to 74	10.8%	11.6%
75 and over	4.1%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brewster Heights	Cold Spring
White (non-Hispanic)	68.3%	89.3%
Black or African American	1.7%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	29.8%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brewster Heights	Cold Spring
No high school diploma	1.8%	2.1%
High school graduate	22.2%	11.2%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	30.2%	38.1%
Graduate or professional degree	15.4%	30.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brewster Heights	Cold Spring
Drove alone	83.1%	37.0%
Carpooled	2.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	27.9%
Walked	0.0%	9.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	23.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brewster Heights	Cold Spring
1-unit, detached	73.4%	53.1%
1-unit, attached	23.4%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	19.8%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	15.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brewster Heights	Cold Spring
Poverty rate	3.1%	8.8%
Average household size	3.31	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	31	50
Median year structure built	1959	1953