A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Cold Spring$1,830/mo

Typical home $304K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.93% · or rent about $1,191/mo · Housing →

Crestview$1,540/mo

Typical home $246K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.20% · or rent about $1,521/mo · Housing →

The difference: $290 a month, about $3,500 a year, between Cold Spring and Crestview.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Where they are

Cold Spring and Crestview share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

Cold SpringCrestview

Cold Spring ↔ Crestview1.2 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

6 Crestview residents work in Cold Spring (2.8% of its workers)

Work & commute in Crestview →

Report cards

Grades and rankings, side by side

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Kentucky ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

B−Cold SpringSafer than 48% of U.S. towns –CrestviewNot graded

Schools

ACold SpringBetter than 91% of districts in the state –CrestviewNot graded

Health

BCold SpringHealthier than 55% of U.S. towns –CrestviewNot graded

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

Cold SpringCrestview

Snow a year23″23″

January low23°F 23°F

July high86°F 86°F

Growing season (days)188d 188d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)42nd 20th

Outdoors & history

Cold SpringCrestview

Trails2 mi —

Conserved land1.4%—

Settled1800 1948

Archive photos3 —

Famous people born here1 —

Community

Cold SpringCrestview

Library hours a week70 hrs —

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined1 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Kentucky average

Cold SpringCrestview

People

Population 6,341Highest 505Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +5.1% KY: +3.8% —

Median age 52±5.8Highest 33% above KY 36.2±6.9Lowest 7% below KY

Kids under 18 15.8%±4.3Lowest KY: 22.6% 21%±3.2Highest KY: 22.6%

Crestview and Cold Spring are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 30.3%±4.4Highest KY: 17.3% 11.9%±3.5Lowest KY: 17.3%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 42.6%Highest KY: 27.6% 41.6%Lowest KY: 27.6%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5%±2.8Lowest KY: 5.5% 8.1%±4.9Highest KY: 5.5%

Crestview and Cold Spring are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $75,000±$8kLowest 18% above KY $93,750±$19kHighest 47% above KY

Crestview and Cold Spring are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $253,600±$19kHighest 23% above KY $173,900±$18kLowest 15% below KY

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,191±$222Lowest 23% above KY $1,521±$375Highest 57% above KY

Crestview and Cold Spring are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,369Highest 53% above KY $2,082Lowest 35% above KY

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 64.3%±34.4Highest KY: 45.4% 47.8%±94Lowest KY: 45.4%

Cold Spring and Crestview are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 9.9%Highest KY: 16.1% 8.7%Lowest KY: 16.1%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 89.1%Highest KY: 68.3% 87.5%Lowest KY: 68.3%

Typical home builtmedian year 1999Highest 17 yrs newer than KY 1951Lowest 31 yrs older than KY

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minLowest 10% below KY 22 minHighest 9% below KY

Work from home 22.9%±7.2Highest KY: 10.2% 15.1%±4Lowest KY: 10.2%

Cold Spring and Crestview are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 3.4%Highest 0%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 9.8 miHighest 9.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.10Highest 0.15Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Cincinnati (16%)Cincinnati (22%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Crestview3% work in Cold Spring

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.4%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 1.6 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 32.5Lowest 69.6Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #15 of 126 in KY—

School district Campbell County—

High school in town None in town—

Kentucky average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Cold Spring vs Crestview

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $290 more a month in Cold Spring

Cold Spring and Crestview share a border

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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