Demographics of Cold Spring city, Kentucky

Cold Spring city, Kentucky had 6,640 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +381 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Cold Spring city, in four figures

6,640
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 6,341 ±40.; +6.1%
Change since July 2020: +381 people.; 52.0 ±5.8
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $75,000 ±$8,366
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Cold Spring city, Kentucky's population grew 6.1% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Cold Spring city, Kentucky's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

U.S. Census Bureau — Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns

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The figures

Cold Spring city, Kentucky's population grew 6.1% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Cold Spring city, Kentucky's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	6,259	100.0	100.0
2021	6,285	100.4	100.2
2022	6,380	101.9	100.7
2023	6,445	103.0	101.6
2024	6,512	104.0	102.5
2025	6,640	106.1	103.1

Population of Cold Spring city, Kentucky on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	6,259	—
2021	6,285	+26
2022	6,380	+95
2023	6,445	+65
2024	6,512	+67
2025	6,640	+128

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 52.0 ±5.8: for men 54.4 ±9.7 and for women 50.6 ±5.8. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Cold Spring city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Kentucky	United States
Under 5	259 ±114	4.1% ±1.8	5.9% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	741 ±250	11.7% ±3.9	16.7% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	318 ±150	5.0% ±2.4	9.1% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	1,356 ±282	21.4% ±4.5	25.7% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	1,745 ±338	27.5% ±5.3	25.3% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	1,922 ±278	30.3% ±4.4	17.3% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $75,000 ±$8,366, and income per person $53,092 ±$5,987, in 2024 dollars. The median is $63,726 ±$429 in Kentucky and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Cold Spring city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Kentucky	United States
Under $25,000	384 ±169	12.8% ±5.6	19.6% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	424 ±151	14.2% ±5.0	20.4% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	690 ±210	23.0% ±6.8	17.1% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	449 ±174	15.0% ±5.7	12.8% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	423 ±148	14.1% ±4.9	15.9% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	217 ±99	7.2% ±3.3	7.1% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	409 ±119	13.7% ±3.9	7.2% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Cold Spring city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Kentucky	United States
All ages	620 ±279	9.9% ±4.5	16.1% ±0.3	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	0 to 164	0.2% to 16.3%	20.3% ±0.4	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	103 to 395	4.0% to 14.7%	15.4% ±0.3	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	79 to 501	3.2% to 19.2%	13.4% ±0.3	11.0% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Cold Spring city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Cold Spring city	Kentucky	United States
Housing units	3,072 ±246	2,023,116 ±474	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	97.5% ±10.1	89.7% ±0.3	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	0% to 6.5%	10.3% ±0.3	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	89.1% ±3.2	68.3% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	10.9% ±4.8	31.7% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$253,600 ±$18,635	$205,600 ±$1,096	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,191 ±$222	$967 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1999 ±4	1982 ±1	1980 ±1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Cold Spring city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Kentucky	United States
Hispanic or Latino	2 to 140	< 0.1% to 2.2%	5.0% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	5,975 ±170	94.2% ±2.6	81.5% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	15 to 259	0.2% to 4.1%	7.6% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	0 to 112	0% to 1.8%	1.6% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 18	0% to 0.3%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 18	0% to 0.3%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 18	0% to 0.3%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	41 to 167	0.6% to 2.6%	3.9% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Cold Spring city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Kentucky	United States
Born in the state	3,757 ±387	59.2% ±6.1	67.3% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	2,359 ±376	37.2% ±5.9	27.1% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	0 to 18	0% to 0.3%	0.9% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	99 to 351	1.6% to 5.5%	4.7% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	26 to 184	0.4% to 2.9%	1.9% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	44 to 196	0.7% to 3.1%	2.8% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Cold Spring city among the places of Kentucky

74th of 86 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Kentucky page.

Places of Kentucky near Cold Spring city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Cynthiana city	6,458 ±24
Highland Heights city	6,444 ±26
Lebanon city	6,430 ±18
Hebron CDP	6,407 ±1,148
Crestwood city	6,356 ±23
Cold Spring city	6,341 ±40
Princeton city	6,241 ±18
Wilmore city	6,057 ±33
Fort Wright city	5,887 ±36
Monticello city	5,753 ±32
Dayton city	5,743 ±22

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Data retrieved September 25, 2026