COMPARING TWO PLACES
Cold Spring vs Beacon
PLACE A
Cold Spring, Kentucky
VS
PLACE B
Beacon, New York
Cold Spring is 56% smaller than Beacon. Beacon earns more, with a median household income $32,859 higher. Cold Spring has grown faster since 2000 (5% vs -11%).
COLD SPRINGBEACONDIFFERENCE
Total population6,64014,931−56% vs Beacon
Population density1,3993,151−1,752
Population growth5.1%-11.4%+16.5 pts
Median age52.042.0+10.0
Male44.9%50.1%−5.2 pts
Female55.1%49.9%+5.2 pts
Foreign-born3.5%11.7%−8.2 pts
White, non-Hispanic94.2%62.0%+32.2 pts
Black2.2%8.8%−6.7 pts
Hispanic / Latino1.1%20.2%−19.1 pts
Asian0.9%2.9%−2.1 pts
Other1.6%6.0%−4.4 pts
Median household income$75,000$107,859−$32,859
Per capita income$53,092$58,996−$5,904
Poverty rate9.9%9.0%+0.9 pts
Income inequality (Gini)0.4570.467−0.0
Bachelor's degree or higher42.6%48.9%−6.3 pts
Graduate degree18.3%22.0%−3.6 pts
Unemployment rate2.0%7.3%−5.3 pts
Labor force participation56.0%68.0%−12.0 pts
Median home value$253,600$471,600−$218,000
Median gross rent$1,191$1,658−$467
Owner-occupied89.1%61.1%+27.9 pts
Housing vacancy rate2.5%3.6%−1.2 pts
Rent-burdened households64.3%42.7%+21.6 pts
Average commute21.641.4−19.8
Worked from home22.9%21.2%+1.7 pts
Public transit to work1.4%11.9%−10.4 pts
Uninsured3.8%3.9%−0.1 pts
Population, 1990 – 2025