Cold Spring is a very small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 1,998 people and two associated neighborhoods, Cold Spring is the 600th largest community in New York. Cold Spring has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country. Cold Spring home prices are not only among the most expensive in New York, but Cold Spring real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.Cold Spring is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 93.14% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Cold Spring is a village of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Cold Spring who work in sales jobs (20.91%), art, media, and design (13.73%), and healthcare (11.72%). Of important note, Cold Spring is also a village of artists. Cold Spring has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Cold Spring’s character. Also of interest is that Cold Spring has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Cold Spring telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 27.53% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In addition, Cold Spring is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates", which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre. The overall crime rate in Cold Spring is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime. One downside of living in Cold Spring is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Cold Spring, the average commute to work is 40.13 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the village, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative. Despite being a small village, Cold Spring has a lot of people using the train to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the train are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Cold Spring, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Cold Spring is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 67.39% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%. The per capita income in Cold Spring in 2022 was $68,248, which is wealthy relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $272,992 for a family of four. However, Cold Spring contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Cold Spring home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cold Spring residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Cold Spring include Irish, Italian, German, English, and European. The most common language spoken in Cold Spring is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
