Cold Spring Harbor vs Riverside

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

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

Riverside has the higher population (3,538 vs 3,123 in Cold Spring Harbor). Cold Spring Harbor has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $41,397 in Riverside). Since 2019, Riverside's population has grown faster (+49.8% vs -36.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Cold Spring Harbor	Riverside
Population	3,123	3,538
Median age	36.8 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$41,397
Median home value	$1,466,800	—
Median gross rent	—	$2,612
Housing units	1,076	1,056
Homeownership rate	96.3%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	77.7%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	16.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cold Spring Harbor	Riverside
Population	4,932 → 3,123 (-36.7%)	2,362 → 3,538 (+49.8%)
Median household income	$202,208 → $250,001 (+23.6%)	$42,986 → $41,397 (-3.7%)
Median home value	$832,200 → $1,466,800 (+76.3%)	—
Median gross rent	$2,306 → $2,674 (+16.0%)	$1,528 → $2,612 (+70.9%)

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

Riverside

Population

2,3623,538

Median household income

$42,986$41,397

Median gross rent

$1,528$2,612

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cold Spring Harbor	Riverside
Under 5	10.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.5%	14.1%
18 to 24	9.6%	9.2%
25 to 34	11.7%	27.9%
35 to 44	8.8%	13.7%
45 to 54	15.5%	13.9%
55 to 64	14.4%	12.2%
65 to 74	8.7%	7.8%
75 and over	4.3%	1.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cold Spring Harbor	Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	50.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	18.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.1%	6.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	23.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cold Spring Harbor	Riverside
No high school diploma	2.2%	20.8%
High school graduate	6.5%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	13.6%	15.8%
Bachelor's degree	43.7%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	34.0%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cold Spring Harbor	Riverside
Drove alone	52.4%	77.3%
Carpooled	1.2%	4.5%
Public transit	12.5%	3.5%
Walked	3.3%	13.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.5%	1.6%
Other means	5.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cold Spring Harbor	Riverside
1-unit, detached	94.5%	42.0%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	43.4%

Poverty & households

	Cold Spring Harbor	Riverside
Poverty rate	1.6%	26.0%
Average household size	3.04	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	36	40
Median year structure built	1959	1976