Verified town profile

Cold Spring, New York

Incorporated municipality · Population 1,998

Cold Spring is an incorporated municipality of 1,998 residents in New York. Its nearest regional center is Danbury, CT, about 57 minutes away by car. The median home value is $600,100.

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Townsteading score: 56.6
Confidence: High data confidence
Data updated: Jul 26, 2026

Included in the verified public directory after passing every published screening rule. How verification works.

At a glance

Population: 1,998
Median home value: $600,100
Median household income: $117,292
Nearest regional city: Danbury
Drive time: 57 minutes
Walkability score: 88.2
Homeownership rate: 65%
Townsteading score: 56.6

The case

Why Cold Spring is included

Cold Spring appears in the public directory because it passes every published screening rule: its population of 1,998 falls within the 1,000–5,000 resident screening band; its nearest regional center, Danbury, is reachable in about 57 minutes by car, inside the 60-minute limit; its town-center walkability analysis completed successfully.

Beyond the screen: its median home value of $600,100 is about 5.1 times median household income; its nationally normalized walkability score is 88 out of 100; OpenStreetMap data records 54 tracked everyday destinations within a 15-minute walk of its center.

The place

Local map

Map key

Bank
Civic destination
General retail
Grocery
Library
Park
Pharmacy
Place of worship
Post office
Restaurant or café
School

About this map

The map is centered on Cold Spring (41.4192, -73.9547) and shows the municipal boundary from 2025 Census TIGER/Line data. Basemap data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Reachable destinations shown on the map

Cold Spring Coffeehouse Restaurant or café · Approximate network distance: 273 m
Phillipstown Reform Synagogue Place of worship · Approximate network distance: 237 m
J. Murphy's On Main Restaurant or café · Approximate network distance: 112 m
Cozy Corner Cafe Restaurant or café · Approximate network distance: 169 m
Cold Spring Hotel & Cafe Restaurant or café · Approximate network distance: 185 m
New Ming Moon Kitchen Restaurant or café · Approximate network distance: 195 m
Sweet Harvest Superfood Cafe Restaurant or café · Approximate network distance: 273 m
ROWSEELEE Restaurant or café · Approximate network distance: 288 m
Understory Market General retail · Approximate network distance: 385 m
Cold Spring General Store General retail · Approximate network distance: 312 m
Kapé Mo Restaurant or café · Approximate network distance: 304 m
Haldane Elementary/Middle School School · Approximate network distance: 534 m
Haldane High School School · Approximate network distance: 908 m
Our Lady of Loretto School School · Approximate network distance: 470 m
Cold Spring Baptist Church Place of worship · Approximate network distance: 664 m
Angelina's Restaurant or café · Approximate network distance: 450 m
Dunkin' Restaurant or café · Approximate network distance: 341 m
Drug World Pharmacy Pharmacy · Approximate network distance: 493 m
Wells Fargo Bank · Approximate network distance: 450 m
Rincon Argentina Restaurant or café · Approximate network distance: 493 m
Moo Moo's Creamery Restaurant or café · Approximate network distance: 691 m
Cold Spring Pizza Restaurant or café · Approximate network distance: 185 m
Juanita's Kitchen Restaurant or café · Approximate network distance: 949 m
The Foundry Rose Restaurant or café · Approximate network distance: 385 m
Village of Cold Spring Civic destination · Approximate network distance: 261 m
Village of Nelsonville Civic destination · Approximate network distance: 752 m
Town of Philipstown Civic destination · Approximate network distance: 556 m
Nelsonville Park Park · Approximate network distance: 757 m
Blacktop Park · Approximate network distance: 654 m
End of Main St Park Park · Approximate network distance: 452 m
Park Park · Approximate network distance: 526 m
Haldane School Garden Park · Approximate network distance: 673 m
Foundry Dock Park Park · Approximate network distance: 862 m
Cold Spring Depot Restaurant or café · Approximate network distance: 498 m
Foodtown Grocery · Approximate network distance: 381 m
Julia L Butterfield Memorial Library Library · Approximate network distance: 201 m
M&T Bank Bank · Approximate network distance: 472 m
Le Bouchon Restaurant or café · Approximate network distance: 289 m
Our Lady of Loretto Catholic Church Place of worship · Approximate network distance: 470 m
Place of worship Place of worship · Approximate network distance: 664 m
Village hall Civic destination · Approximate network distance: 752 m
Village courthouse Civic destination · Approximate network distance: 779 m
Philipstown Town Hall Civic destination · Approximate network distance: 556 m
Cold Spring Methodist Church Place of worship · Approximate network distance: 446 m
First Presbyterian Church Place of worship · Approximate network distance: 252 m
St. Mary's Episcopal Church in-the-Highlands Place of worship · Approximate network distance: 259 m
Grocery store Grocery · Approximate network distance: 149 m
McConville Park Park · Approximate network distance: 294 m
Tiny Tots Park Park · Approximate network distance: 294 m
Park Park · Approximate network distance: 638 m
Cold Spring Post Office Post office · Approximate network distance: 454 m
Mayor's Park Park · Approximate network distance: 789 m
Park Park · Approximate network distance: 712 m
School School · Approximate network distance: 740 m

Destinations are derived from OpenStreetMap and may be incomplete or outdated.

Daily-life access within a 15-minute walk of the center

2 grocery stores
1 pharmacy
17 restaurants and cafes
1 library
1 post office
11 parks and playgrounds
4 schools
6 civic buildings
2 banks
2 general retail stores
7 places of worship

Destination counts come from OpenStreetMap and may understate what exists on the ground.

Housing

Housing and affordability

Median home value: $600,100
Median gross rent: $1,777
Median household income: $117,292
Home value ÷ income: 5.1
Poverty rate: 4.5%

Owner-occupied: 64.9%
Vacancy rate: 11.6%
Homes built before 1940: 40.7%
Homes built before 1960: 51.1%
Population density (per sq mi): 3,365

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, reference period 2020–2024. Where a value reads “Data unavailable,” the estimate was not reported or did not pass quality checks for this place.

Access

Regional access

Townsteading does not require isolation. Every verified town has a modeled driving route of no more than 60 minutes to a regional center — a city with the hospitals, suppliers, and services a small town leans on.

Nearest regional city: Danbury, CT
Regional city population: 89,033
Modeled drive time: 57 minutes
Routed distance: 35.2 miles
Straight-line distance: 24.7 miles

Drive times are modeled with OSRM over the OpenStreetMap road network (July 2026). They are not live traffic estimates and will vary with conditions.

Community

Closest Orthodox parish

St. Basil Chapel

Modeled drive time: Approximately 6 minutes by car
Routed distance: 2.6 driving miles
Address: 79 St. Basil Road Garrison, NY 10524
Jurisdiction: Greek
Phone: (845) 424-3500

Parish information is based on the Orthodoxy in America directory, retrieved July 27, 2026. Drive time is modeled from the current OSRM route calculation and may change.

Form

Walkability and settlement form

Overall walkability: 88.2
Destination access: 98.4
Network connectivity: 67.7
Compactness: 94.3

The walkability score models what can be reached on foot from the town center over the street network in about 15 minutes: everyday destinations, the connectedness of the street grid, and the compactness of the town's form. Scores are normalized nationally across the candidate corpus, from 0 to 100.

These are modeled measures of urban form derived from OpenStreetMap. They do not confirm sidewalk coverage, crossings, lighting, or pedestrian safety, and OpenStreetMap data may be incomplete in small towns.

People

People and households

Median age: 43.0
Average household size: 2.1
Average family size: 2.9
Mean commute: 41 minutes

Age

Under 18: 16.0%
18–24: 4.2%
25–44: 31.1%
45–64: 25.8%
65 and over: 22.9%

Households

Family households: 55.4%
Nonfamily households: 44.6%
Households with children: 21.6%
Married-couple families: 83.7%
Single-parent families: 12.4%
One-person households: 35.6%

Education (25+)

Less than high school: 2.4%
High school diploma: 11.7%
Some college: 12.2%
Associate degree: 4.4%
Bachelor's degree: 39.5%
Graduate degree: 29.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 69.3%

“Bachelor's degree or higher” is a subtotal of the two degree rows above it.

Race and ethnicity

White: 86.5%
Black: 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native: 0.0%
Asian: 2.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander: 0.0%
Some other race: 1.6%
Two or more races: 8.8%

Ethnicity, reported separately

Hispanic or Latino (any race): 8.1%
White, not Hispanic or Latino: 84.1%

Hispanic or Latino may be of any race, so the ethnicity rows overlap with the race rows above and are reported separately.

American Community Survey estimates. Race and ethnicity are reported factually for research context and are never used as a compatibility or ranking factor.

Assessment

Strengths and limitations

Potential strengths

Walkability score of 88/100 on the nationally normalized scale.
Compact town form (compactness component 94/100), keeping everyday distances short.
2 Grocery stores within a 15-minute walk of the town center.
65% of occupied homes are owner-occupied.

Important limitations

Regional access requires a longer drive — about 57 minutes to Danbury.
Walkability scores model street-network access to destinations; they do not confirm sidewalk coverage, crossings, or pedestrian safety.

Townsteading is a research tool, not a sales pitch. Nothing on this page is real-estate, financial, legal, safety, or relocation advice.

Provenance

Data and methodology

Townsteading score: 56.6 / 100
Confidence: High data confidence (96 / 100)
Profile data updated: July 26, 2026
Verification: Passes every published screening rule

Sources

U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer Places. Vintage 2025 — identity, boundaries, coordinates.
U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates. Vintage 2025 — place population.
American Community Survey 5-year estimates. 2024 release, reference period 2020–2024 — housing, income, demographics.
OpenStreetMap. Street network and everyday destinations for walkability analysis.
OSRM routing. Modeled driving time to the nearest regional center; not live traffic.

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