Cold Spring vs Sartell

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

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

Sartell has the higher population (19,620 vs 4,201 in Cold Spring). Sartell has the higher median household income ($77,465 vs $72,022 in Cold Spring). Sartell has the higher median home value ($278,000 vs $242,000 in Cold Spring).

Population, income & housing

	Cold Spring	Sartell
Population	4,201	19,620
Median age	40.9 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$72,022	$77,465
Median home value	$242,000	$278,000
Median gross rent	$1,297	$1,197
Housing units	1,802	7,676
Homeownership rate	68.9%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.1%	40.4%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cold Spring	Sartell
Population	4,189 → 4,201 (+0.3%)	18,005 → 19,620 (+9.0%)
Median household income	$61,548 → $72,022 (+17.0%)	$74,169 → $77,465 (+4.4%)
Median home value	$170,300 → $242,000 (+42.1%)	$201,500 → $278,000 (+38.0%)
Median gross rent	$942 → $1,297 (+37.7%)	$967 → $1,197 (+23.8%)

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

Sartell

Population

18,00519,620

Median household income

$74,169$77,465

Median home value

$201,500$278,000

Median gross rent

$967$1,197

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cold Spring	Sartell
Under 5	8.4%	7.2%
5 to 17	15.4%	23.1%
18 to 24	9.7%	9.7%
25 to 34	11.1%	11.5%
35 to 44	11.7%	15.1%
45 to 54	10.0%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.7%	8.8%
65 to 74	6.0%	7.1%
75 and over	13.9%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cold Spring	Sartell
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	87.5%
Black or African American	0.1%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cold Spring	Sartell
No high school diploma	7.7%	5.2%
High school graduate	25.6%	17.1%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	25.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cold Spring	Sartell
Drove alone	86.7%	82.2%
Carpooled	2.4%	6.7%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	9.6%
Other means	0.9%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cold Spring	Sartell
1-unit, detached	65.1%	56.7%
1-unit, attached	9.4%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	4.3%
20 or more units	15.4%	28.3%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Cold Spring	Sartell
Poverty rate	9.9%	8.1%
Average household size	2.38	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1990	2000