Cold Spring vs St. Joseph

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

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

St. Joseph has the higher population (7,024 vs 4,201 in Cold Spring). St. Joseph has the higher median household income ($75,217 vs $72,022 in Cold Spring). Cold Spring has the higher median home value ($242,000 vs $240,300 in St. Joseph).

Population, income & housing

	Cold Spring	St. Joseph
Population	4,201	7,024
Median age	40.9 yrs	23.9 yrs
Median household income	$72,022	$75,217
Median home value	$242,000	$240,300
Median gross rent	$1,297	$1,139
Housing units	1,802	2,291
Homeownership rate	68.9%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.1%	30.3%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cold Spring	St. Joseph
Population	4,189 → 4,201 (+0.3%)	7,030 → 7,024 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$61,548 → $72,022 (+17.0%)	$57,821 → $75,217 (+30.1%)
Median home value	$170,300 → $242,000 (+42.1%)	$170,200 → $240,300 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	$942 → $1,297 (+37.7%)	$777 → $1,139 (+46.6%)

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

St. Joseph

Population

7,0307,024

Median household income

$57,821$75,217

Median home value

$170,200$240,300

Median gross rent

$777$1,139

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cold Spring	St. Joseph
Under 5	8.4%	4.2%
5 to 17	15.4%	13.1%
18 to 24	9.7%	33.6%
25 to 34	11.1%	13.5%
35 to 44	11.7%	8.6%
45 to 54	10.0%	9.2%
55 to 64	13.7%	9.2%
65 to 74	6.0%	4.9%
75 and over	13.9%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cold Spring	St. Joseph
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	77.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cold Spring	St. Joseph
No high school diploma	7.7%	10.6%
High school graduate	25.6%	16.0%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cold Spring	St. Joseph
Drove alone	86.7%	70.2%
Carpooled	2.4%	9.9%
Public transit	0.4%	2.5%
Walked	3.0%	11.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	6.7%	3.5%
Other means	0.9%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cold Spring	St. Joseph
1-unit, detached	65.1%	63.3%
1-unit, attached	9.4%	14.5%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	8.4%
20 or more units	15.4%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Cold Spring	St. Joseph
Poverty rate	9.9%	21.6%
Average household size	2.38	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1990	1993