Cold Springs vs Tahoma

A side-by-side comparison of Cold Springs and Tahoma: population, income, housing, and more.

Cold Springs and Tahoma are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Tahoma has the higher population (969 vs 512 in Cold Springs). Tahoma has the higher median household income ($89,531 vs $71,523 in Cold Springs). Tahoma has the higher median home value ($882,700 vs $391,700 in Cold Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Cold Springs	Tahoma
Population	512	969
Median age	55.4 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$71,523	$89,531
Median home value	$391,700	$882,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,745
Housing units	215	2,110
Homeownership rate	79.1%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	44.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cold Springs	Tahoma
Population	582 → 512 (-12.0%)	974 → 969 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$74,083 → $71,523 (-3.5%)	$70,592 → $89,531 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$341,400 → $391,700 (+14.7%)	$498,600 → $882,700 (+77.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,324 → $1,272 (-3.9%)	$1,288 → $1,745 (+35.5%)

Cold Springs

Population

582512

Median household income

$74,083$71,523

Median home value

$341,400$391,700

Median gross rent

$1,324$1,272

Tahoma

Population

974969

Median household income

$70,592$89,531

Median home value

$498,600$882,700

Median gross rent

$1,288$1,745

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cold Springs	Tahoma
Under 5	0.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	10.2%	8.3%
18 to 24	2.9%	5.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	20.2%
35 to 44	13.1%	9.4%
45 to 54	19.7%	23.2%
55 to 64	30.9%	12.2%
65 to 74	15.8%	12.9%
75 and over	7.4%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cold Springs	Tahoma
White (non-Hispanic)	76.2%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.9%
Asian	2.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.3%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cold Springs	Tahoma
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.0%
High school graduate	44.5%	18.1%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	34.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cold Springs	Tahoma
Drove alone	74.0%	72.8%
Carpooled	5.7%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	20.4%	15.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cold Springs	Tahoma
1-unit, detached	54.9%	92.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	45.1%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Cold Springs	Tahoma
Poverty rate	20.5%	10.6%
Average household size	2.38	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1967	1972