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Cold Spring Harbor, New York, in Suffolk county, is 10 miles N of Levittown, New York (center to center) and 28 miles E of New York, New York. As of the year 2000 census, 4,975 people lived in Cold Spring Harbor.
In Cold Spring Harbor, about 69% of adults are married. Cold Spring Harbor is one of those places you go to when you're already married, not to find someone. It seems that everyone in town is married (though of course they're not). Large families and residences are common here.
In 2000, Cold Spring Harbor had a median family income of $112,441. Many people in Cold Spring Harbor make a good living. The bulk of the population of the town is doing well, with money to spend. Cold Spring Harbor doesn't have a large share of its people below the poverty line. Significantly, more adults in the town have earned college degrees than have people in most other towns in New York. In Cold Spring Harbor, a noticeable number of people work from home rather than commuting every day. (Whether or not they're interested in marriage, it's worth noting that there are a lot of high-income single people in the town.)
Cold Spring Harbor residents donated more money ($69,115) to George W. Bush than to the other candidates in the 2004 Presidential race. Across all electoral races, the Republican party attracted the most donations from the town.
An estimated 89% of living spaces in Cold Spring Harbor are occupied by their owners, not by renters. Optimists try to see the higher property taxes in the town as a sign of wealth and desirability.
In Cold Spring Harbor, 74% of commuters drive to work. Public transportation is used by many people in Cold Spring Harbor.
Cold Spring Harbor strengths, compared to Peers (similar size places nationally) or State (other places in New York):
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| Public Transportation Use (vs. Peers) | Top 1% |  |
| People in Middle Class or Better (vs. Peers) | Top 1% | |
| Median Family Income (vs. Peers) | Top 2% | |
| College Educated Adults (vs. Peers) | Top 2% | |
| Well-Paid Single Men (vs. Peers) | Top 3% | |
| Well-Paid Single Women (vs. Peers) | Top 3% | |
| Low Rate of Poverty (vs. Peers) | Top 4% | |
Comparing Cold Spring Harbor to similar size places nationwide (Peers) and to other places in New York (State):
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