Cold Springs vs Reno

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

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

Reno has the higher population (268,959 vs 11,223 in Cold Springs). Cold Springs has the higher median household income ($82,450 vs $78,448 in Reno). Reno has the higher median home value ($498,600 vs $417,800 in Cold Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Cold Springs	Reno
Population	11,223	268,959
Median age	35.2 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$82,450	$78,448
Median home value	$417,800	$498,600
Median gross rent	$1,854	$1,453
Housing units	3,756	120,491
Homeownership rate	91.1%	49.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	35.7%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cold Springs	Reno
Population	9,633 → 11,223 (+16.5%)	246,500 → 268,959 (+9.1%)
Median household income	$72,118 → $82,450 (+14.3%)	$58,790 → $78,448 (+33.4%)
Median home value	$258,500 → $417,800 (+61.6%)	$335,000 → $498,600 (+48.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,453 → $1,854 (+27.6%)	$1,029 → $1,453 (+41.2%)

Cold Springs

Population

9,63311,223

Median household income

$72,118$82,450

Median home value

$258,500$417,800

Median gross rent

$1,453$1,854

Reno

Population

246,500268,959

Median household income

$58,790$78,448

Median home value

$335,000$498,600

Median gross rent

$1,029$1,453

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cold Springs	Reno
Under 5	7.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	23.9%	14.6%
18 to 24	3.7%	10.1%
25 to 34	14.4%	16.5%
35 to 44	12.6%	13.8%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.0%
55 to 64	15.2%	12.3%
65 to 74	7.4%	10.1%
75 and over	3.5%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cold Springs	Reno
White (non-Hispanic)	65.4%	58.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.6%
Asian	2.3%	6.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.2%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.4%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	24.3%	24.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cold Springs	Reno
No high school diploma	6.9%	10.7%
High school graduate	39.6%	22.8%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cold Springs	Reno
Drove alone	75.2%	67.6%
Carpooled	13.1%	12.6%
Public transit	0.3%	2.4%
Walked	1.4%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	8.4%	10.8%
Other means	1.6%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cold Springs	Reno
1-unit, detached	88.3%	49.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	17.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	14.8%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Cold Springs	Reno
Poverty rate	5.0%	12.5%
Average household size	3.07	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	29	21
Median year structure built	2003	1989