Brightwaters vs Cold Spring Harbor

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

Brightwaters 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.

Brightwaters has the higher population (3,185 vs 3,123 in Cold Spring Harbor). Cold Spring Harbor has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $203,750 in Brightwaters). Cold Spring Harbor has the higher median home value ($1,466,800 vs $710,600 in Brightwaters).

Population, income & housing

	Brightwaters	Cold Spring Harbor
Population	3,185	3,123
Median age	40.4 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$203,750	$250,001
Median home value	$710,600	$1,466,800
Median gross rent	$1,986	—
Housing units	1,033	1,076
Homeownership rate	96.2%	96.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.4%	77.7%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brightwaters	Cold Spring Harbor
Population	3,075 → 3,185 (+3.6%)	4,932 → 3,123 (-36.7%)
Median household income	$127,931 → $203,750 (+59.3%)	$202,208 → $250,001 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$515,800 → $710,600 (+37.8%)	$832,200 → $1,466,800 (+76.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,542 → $1,986 (-21.9%)	$2,306 → $2,674 (+16.0%)

Brightwaters

Population

3,0753,185

Median household income

$127,931$203,750

Median home value

$515,800$710,600

Median gross rent

$2,542$1,986

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)

	Brightwaters	Cold Spring Harbor
Under 5	4.1%	10.5%
5 to 17	24.5%	16.5%
18 to 24	5.6%	9.6%
25 to 34	8.0%	11.7%
35 to 44	15.5%	8.8%
45 to 54	13.5%	15.5%
55 to 64	13.9%	14.4%
65 to 74	10.5%	8.7%
75 and over	4.3%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brightwaters	Cold Spring Harbor
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	87.6%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.1%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brightwaters	Cold Spring Harbor
No high school diploma	0.9%	2.2%
High school graduate	13.2%	6.5%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	13.6%
Bachelor's degree	28.0%	43.7%
Graduate or professional degree	29.4%	34.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brightwaters	Cold Spring Harbor
Drove alone	67.4%	52.4%
Carpooled	2.5%	1.2%
Public transit	5.7%	12.5%
Walked	2.0%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.6%	25.5%
Other means	2.7%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brightwaters	Cold Spring Harbor
1-unit, detached	97.7%	94.5%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brightwaters	Cold Spring Harbor
Poverty rate	0.2%	1.6%
Average household size	3.08	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	28	36
Median year structure built	1945	1959