Coldwater is home to 4,191 people in Ohio. Poverty is uncommon here, at 2.4% of locals. The foreign-born share is 3%. This skews young, with a median age of 35.2. Getting to work takes 16 minutes on average. Density works out to 2,161 people per square mile.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $68,009, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 35.2
US median: 38.9
Less educated
29% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 43%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Coldwater
What changed most since 1990
White share98.1% → 93.1%(−5.0 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Homes owned by their occupants80.4% → 70.4%(−10.0 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Hispanic share1.9% → 5.2%(+3.3 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Coldwater's population equals 9.9% of Mercer County's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 3.3% of the county's. Its number of veterans equals 3.5% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)15.3%(9)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)13.6%(8)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era52.5%(31)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War18.6%(11)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 59 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Coldwater, decade by decade
Coldwater population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
4,335
$78,182
$155,524
8.8%
4.7
2000
4,482
$79,027
$162,309
10.7%
4.1
2010
4,427
$67,308
$185,432
14.9%
3.7
2020
4,774
$82,074
$191,139
23.4%
14.2
2024
4,191
$68,009
$232,200
29.0%
16.3
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
