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

AEdgewoodSafer than 86% of U.S. towns B−Cold SpringSafer than 48% of U.S. towns

Schools

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

Health

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

13Edgewood

6Cold Spring

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

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

Left end = #1 in Kentucky. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Edgewood’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%

Edgewood$2,250/mo

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

Cold Spring$1,830/mo

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

EdgewoodCold Spring

Snow a year23″23″

January low23°F 23°F

July high86°F 86°F

Growing season (days)188d 188d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)28th 42nd

Outdoors & history

EdgewoodCold Spring

Trails1 mi 2 mi

Conserved land2.2%1.4%

Settled1948 1800

Archive photos1 3

Famous people born here3 1

Community

EdgewoodCold Spring

Library hours a week—70 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 1

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.

EdgewoodCold Spring

Edgewood ↔ Cold Spring6.8 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

EdgewoodCold Spring

People

Population 8,447Highest 6,341Lowest

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

Median age 45.5±4.9Lowest 16% above KY 52±5.8Highest 33% 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 21.1%±3.3Highest KY: 22.6% 15.8%±4.3Lowest 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+ 25.3%±3.6Lowest KY: 17.3% 30.3%±4.4Highest 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+ 54.9%Highest KY: 27.6% 42.6%Lowest KY: 27.6%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.2%±2.2Highest KY: 5.5% 5%±2.8Lowest 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 $119,028±$16kHighest 87% above KY $75,000±$8kLowest 18% above KY

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,073±$144Lowest 11% above KY $1,191±$222Highest 23% 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 $2,909Highest 88% above KY $2,369Lowest 53% above KY

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 33.6%±17.1Lowest KY: 45.4% 64.3%±34.4Highest 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 3.8%Lowest KY: 16.1% 9.9%Highest KY: 16.1%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 19.3%±3.9Lowest KY: 10.2% 22.9%±7.2Highest 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 7.1%Highest 3.4%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 6.8 miLowest 9.8 miHighest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Cold Spring2% work in Edgewood

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.2%Highest 1.4%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.8 miLowest 1.6 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 0.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Lowest 4Highest

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

Schools

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

School district Kenton CountyCampbell County

High school in town Dixie Heights High SchoolNone in town

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.

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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.

Edgewood vs Cold Spring

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

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