Baiting Hollow vs Cold Spring Harbor

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

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

Cold Spring Harbor has the higher population (3,123 vs 2,686 in Baiting Hollow). Cold Spring Harbor has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $113,229 in Baiting Hollow). Cold Spring Harbor has the higher median home value ($1,466,800 vs $538,300 in Baiting Hollow).

Population, income & housing

	Baiting Hollow	Cold Spring Harbor
Population	2,686	3,123
Median age	55.8 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$113,229	$250,001
Median home value	$538,300	$1,466,800
Housing units	1,616	1,076
Homeownership rate	97.8%	96.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.4%	77.7%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baiting Hollow	Cold Spring Harbor
Population	1,731 → 2,686 (+55.2%)	4,932 → 3,123 (-36.7%)
Median household income	$94,167 → $113,229 (+20.2%)	$202,208 → $250,001 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$435,300 → $538,300 (+23.7%)	$832,200 → $1,466,800 (+76.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,104 → $2,200 (+4.6%)	$2,306 → $2,674 (+16.0%)

Baiting Hollow

Population

1,7312,686

Median household income

$94,167$113,229

Median home value

$435,300$538,300

Median gross rent

$2,104$2,200

Cold Spring Harbor

Population

4,9323,123

Median household income

$202,208$250,001

Median home value

$832,200$1,466,800

Median gross rent

$2,306$2,674

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baiting Hollow	Cold Spring Harbor
Under 5	3.1%	10.5%
5 to 17	12.2%	16.5%
18 to 24	3.2%	9.6%
25 to 34	7.5%	11.7%
35 to 44	6.3%	8.8%
45 to 54	15.4%	15.5%
55 to 64	24.2%	14.4%
65 to 74	18.4%	8.7%
75 and over	9.8%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baiting Hollow	Cold Spring Harbor
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	87.6%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	2.1%
Two or more races	1.6%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baiting Hollow	Cold Spring Harbor
No high school diploma	5.4%	2.2%
High school graduate	22.1%	6.5%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	13.6%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	43.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	34.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baiting Hollow	Cold Spring Harbor
Drove alone	75.3%	52.4%
Carpooled	8.8%	1.2%
Public transit	1.1%	12.5%
Walked	3.7%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	25.5%
Other means	2.2%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baiting Hollow	Cold Spring Harbor
1-unit, detached	75.1%	94.5%
1-unit, attached	11.3%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Baiting Hollow	Cold Spring Harbor
Poverty rate	2.3%	1.6%
Average household size	2.40	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	33	36
Median year structure built	1986	1959