Cold Spring vs Rockville

A side-by-side comparison of Cold Spring and Rockville: population, income, housing, and more.

Cold Spring and Rockville are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cold Spring has the higher population (4,201 vs 2,521 in Rockville). Rockville has the higher median household income ($101,447 vs $72,022 in Cold Spring). Rockville has the higher median home value ($327,400 vs $242,000 in Cold Spring).

Population, income & housing

	Cold Spring	Rockville
Population	4,201	2,521
Median age	40.9 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$72,022	$101,447
Median home value	$242,000	$327,400
Median gross rent	$1,297	$925
Housing units	1,802	1,069
Homeownership rate	68.9%	89.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.1%	30.5%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cold Spring	Rockville
Population	4,189 → 4,201 (+0.3%)	2,551 → 2,521 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$61,548 → $72,022 (+17.0%)	$82,847 → $101,447 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$170,300 → $242,000 (+42.1%)	$254,700 → $327,400 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$942 → $1,297 (+37.7%)	$705 → $925 (+31.2%)

Cold Spring

Population

4,1894,201

Median household income

$61,548$72,022

Median home value

$170,300$242,000

Median gross rent

$942$1,297

Rockville

Population

2,5512,521

Median household income

$82,847$101,447

Median home value

$254,700$327,400

Median gross rent

$705$925

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cold Spring	Rockville
Under 5	8.4%	7.7%
5 to 17	15.4%	19.5%
18 to 24	9.7%	5.3%
25 to 34	11.1%	9.8%
35 to 44	11.7%	11.1%
45 to 54	10.0%	10.4%
55 to 64	13.7%	18.9%
65 to 74	6.0%	9.3%
75 and over	13.9%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cold Spring	Rockville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	97.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cold Spring	Rockville
No high school diploma	7.7%	5.9%
High school graduate	25.6%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cold Spring	Rockville
Drove alone	86.7%	82.8%
Carpooled	2.4%	8.5%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	6.7%	7.4%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cold Spring	Rockville
1-unit, detached	65.1%	89.1%
1-unit, attached	9.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	7.0%
20 or more units	15.4%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Cold Spring	Rockville
Poverty rate	9.9%	5.0%
Average household size	2.38	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1990	1983