Cold Spring vs Nelsonville

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

Cold Spring and Nelsonville 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 714 in Nelsonville). Nelsonville has the higher median household income ($133,125 vs $116,635 in Cold Spring). Cold Spring has the higher median home value ($590,600 vs $577,200 in Nelsonville).

Population, income & housing

	Cold Spring	Nelsonville
Population	1,868	714
Median age	41.5 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$116,635	$133,125
Median home value	$590,600	$577,200
Median gross rent	$1,734	$1,855
Housing units	963	277
Homeownership rate	64.0%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.0%	58.4%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cold Spring	Nelsonville
Population	1,775 → 1,868 (+5.2%)	658 → 714 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$98,056 → $116,635 (+18.9%)	$111,250 → $133,125 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$474,700 → $590,600 (+24.4%)	$493,100 → $577,200 (+17.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,445 → $1,734 (+20.0%)	$1,638 → $1,855 (+13.2%)

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

Nelsonville

Population

658714

Median household income

$111,250$133,125

Median home value

$493,100$577,200

Median gross rent

$1,638$1,855

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cold Spring	Nelsonville
Under 5	5.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	14.6%	23.7%
18 to 24	5.2%	3.6%
25 to 34	9.7%	9.0%
35 to 44	17.7%	13.2%
45 to 54	10.2%	14.4%
55 to 64	16.9%	15.3%
65 to 74	11.6%	11.1%
75 and over	8.7%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cold Spring	Nelsonville
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	87.0%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cold Spring	Nelsonville
No high school diploma	2.1%	2.3%
High school graduate	11.2%	16.1%
Some college or associate's	17.8%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	38.1%	28.0%
Graduate or professional degree	30.9%	30.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cold Spring	Nelsonville
Drove alone	37.0%	65.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.7%
Public transit	27.9%	4.5%
Walked	9.8%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.7%	20.7%
Other means	1.6%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cold Spring	Nelsonville
1-unit, detached	53.1%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	19.8%	27.8%
5 to 19 units	15.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cold Spring	Nelsonville
Poverty rate	8.8%	3.5%
Average household size	2.24	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	50	33
Median year structure built	1953	1938