Cold Springs vs Spanish Springs

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

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

Spanish Springs has the higher population (17,512 vs 11,223 in Cold Springs). Spanish Springs has the higher median household income ($121,250 vs $82,450 in Cold Springs). Spanish Springs has the higher median home value ($600,000 vs $417,800 in Cold Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Cold Springs	Spanish Springs
Population	11,223	17,512
Median age	35.2 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$82,450	$121,250
Median home value	$417,800	$600,000
Median gross rent	$1,854	$1,905
Housing units	3,756	6,693
Homeownership rate	91.1%	89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cold Springs	Spanish Springs
Population	9,633 → 11,223 (+16.5%)	15,938 → 17,512 (+9.9%)
Median household income	$72,118 → $82,450 (+14.3%)	$96,797 → $121,250 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$258,500 → $417,800 (+61.6%)	$378,100 → $600,000 (+58.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,453 → $1,854 (+27.6%)	$1,710 → $1,905 (+11.4%)

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

Spanish Springs

Population

15,93817,512

Median household income

$96,797$121,250

Median home value

$378,100$600,000

Median gross rent

$1,710$1,905

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cold Springs	Spanish Springs
Under 5	7.7%	5.2%
5 to 17	23.9%	16.5%
18 to 24	3.7%	5.3%
25 to 34	14.4%	8.7%
35 to 44	12.6%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.6%	14.1%
55 to 64	15.2%	18.4%
65 to 74	7.4%	12.8%
75 and over	3.5%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cold Springs	Spanish Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	65.4%	78.4%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.9%
Asian	2.3%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.2%	0.6%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	6.4%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	24.3%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cold Springs	Spanish Springs
No high school diploma	6.9%	3.6%
High school graduate	39.6%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cold Springs	Spanish Springs
Drove alone	75.2%	79.4%
Carpooled	13.1%	7.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.4%	10.6%
Other means	1.6%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cold Springs	Spanish Springs
1-unit, detached	88.3%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Cold Springs	Spanish Springs
Poverty rate	5.0%	3.4%
Average household size	3.07	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	2003	2001