Brewster Hill vs Cold Spring

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

Brewster Hill 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.

Brewster Hill has the higher population (2,211 vs 1,868 in Cold Spring). Cold Spring has the higher median household income ($116,635 vs $96,540 in Brewster Hill). Cold Spring has the higher median home value ($590,600 vs $416,200 in Brewster Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Brewster Hill	Cold Spring
Population	2,211	1,868
Median age	49.6 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$96,540	$116,635
Median home value	$416,200	$590,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,734
Housing units	1,027	963
Homeownership rate	95.7%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	69.0%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brewster Hill	Cold Spring
Population	2,196 → 2,211 (+0.7%)	1,775 → 1,868 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$78,952 → $96,540 (+22.3%)	$98,056 → $116,635 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$344,100 → $416,200 (+21.0%)	$474,700 → $590,600 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,445 → $1,734 (+20.0%)

Brewster Hill

Population

2,1962,211

Median household income

$78,952$96,540

Median home value

$344,100$416,200

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 Hill	Cold Spring
Under 5	4.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	13.7%	14.6%
18 to 24	1.6%	5.2%
25 to 34	10.5%	9.7%
35 to 44	11.6%	17.7%
45 to 54	13.5%	10.2%
55 to 64	18.9%	16.9%
65 to 74	18.3%	11.6%
75 and over	7.6%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brewster Hill	Cold Spring
White (non-Hispanic)	59.7%	89.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	17.3%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	18.7%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brewster Hill	Cold Spring
No high school diploma	15.7%	2.1%
High school graduate	16.9%	11.2%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	38.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	30.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brewster Hill	Cold Spring
Drove alone	64.9%	37.0%
Carpooled	24.6%	0.0%
Public transit	3.9%	27.9%
Walked	0.0%	9.8%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	23.7%
Other means	3.1%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brewster Hill	Cold Spring
1-unit, detached	89.5%	53.1%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	19.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.7%
20 or more units	3.0%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brewster Hill	Cold Spring
Poverty rate	15.6%	8.8%
Average household size	2.38	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	27	50
Median year structure built	1970	1953