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 AEdgewoodSafer than 86% of U.S. towns

Schools

ACold SpringBetter than 91% of districts in the state A−EdgewoodBetter than 84% of districts in the state

Health

BCold SpringHealthier than 55% of U.S. towns A−EdgewoodHealthier than 79% of U.S. towns

6Cold Spring

13Edgewood

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

SafestSafety · 118 towns #81#18 Highest graduation rateSchools · 120 towns #1#54 Most walkableOutdoors · 145 towns #121#70 Fastest growingGrowth · 143 towns #75#118 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 145 towns #45#3 Highest incomeIncome · 145 towns #46#9 Most conserved landOutdoors · 131 towns #78#51 Lowest obesityHealth · 144 towns #31#8

Left end = #1 in Kentucky. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Cold Spring’s rankings →

Monthly cost

A typical home costs $420 more a month in Edgewood

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 →

Edgewood$2,250/mo

Typical home $374K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.93% · or rent about $1,073/mo · Housing →

The difference: $420 a month, about $5,000 a year, between Edgewood and Cold Spring.

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.

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 SpringEdgewood

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 28th

Outdoors & history

Cold SpringEdgewood

Trails2 mi 1 mi

Conserved land1.4%2.2%

Settled1800 1948

Archive photos3 1

Famous people born here1 3

Community

Cold SpringEdgewood

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.

Where they are

7 miles apart

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

Cold SpringEdgewood

Cold Spring ↔ Edgewood6.8 miles apart

Who commutes between them

55 Cold Spring residents work in Edgewood (2.1% of its workers)

Work & commute in Cold Spring →

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 SpringEdgewood

People

Population 6,341Lowest 8,447Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +5.1%Highest KY: +3.8% -1.6%Lowest KY: +3.8%

Median age 52±5.8Highest 33% above KY 45.5±4.9Lowest 16% above KY

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

Kids under 18 15.8%±4.3Lowest KY: 22.6% 21.1%±3.3Highest KY: 22.6%

Edgewood 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% 25.3%±3.6Lowest KY: 17.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 42.6%Lowest KY: 27.6% 54.9%Highest KY: 27.6%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5%±2.8Lowest KY: 5.5% 5.2%±2.2Highest KY: 5.5%

Edgewood 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 $119,028±$16kHighest 87% above KY

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $253,600±$19kLowest 23% above KY $312,200±$22kHighest 52% above KY

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,191±$222Highest 23% above KY $1,073±$144Lowest 11% above KY

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,369Lowest 53% above KY $2,909Highest 88% above KY

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 64.3%±34.4Highest KY: 45.4% 33.6%±17.1Lowest KY: 45.4%

Cold Spring and Edgewood 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% 3.8%Lowest KY: 16.1%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 89.1%Lowest KY: 68.3% 92.9%Highest KY: 68.3%

Typical home builtmedian year 1999Highest 17 yrs newer than KY 1976Lowest 6 yrs older than KY

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minHighest 10% below KY 20 minLowest 16% below KY

Work from home 22.9%±7.2Highest KY: 10.2% 19.3%±3.9Lowest KY: 10.2%

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

Work in townworking residents 3.4%Lowest 7.1%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 9.8 miHighest 6.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.10Lowest 1.64Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Cincinnati (16%)Cincinnati (12%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 2% work in EdgewoodFew work in Cold Spring

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.4%Lowest 2.2%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.6 miHighest 0.8 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Highest 2Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 32.5Lowest 51.3Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #15 of 126 in KY #19 of 126 in KY

School district Campbell CountyKenton County

High school in town None in townDixie Heights High School

Students per teacherat that high school — 22.6

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

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

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.

Cold Spring neighborsTown Square →

T Weaver · 1w

Local School Memories

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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 Edgewood

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

Edgewood places higher on 13 of 20 KY lists

A typical home costs $420 more a month in Edgewood

What daily life feels like in each

7 miles apart

What matters to you?

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