Cold Springs vs Sparks

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

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

Sparks has the higher population (109,106 vs 11,223 in Cold Springs). Sparks has the higher median household income ($86,979 vs $82,450 in Cold Springs). Sparks has the higher median home value ($455,900 vs $417,800 in Cold Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Cold Springs	Sparks
Population	11,223	109,106
Median age	35.2 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$82,450	$86,979
Median home value	$417,800	$455,900
Median gross rent	$1,854	$1,651
Housing units	3,756	44,473
Homeownership rate	91.1%	59.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cold Springs	Sparks
Population	9,633 → 11,223 (+16.5%)	100,589 → 109,106 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$72,118 → $82,450 (+14.3%)	$64,645 → $86,979 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$258,500 → $417,800 (+61.6%)	$301,500 → $455,900 (+51.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,453 → $1,854 (+27.6%)	$1,138 → $1,651 (+45.1%)

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

Sparks

Population

100,589109,106

Median household income

$64,645$86,979

Median home value

$301,500$455,900

Median gross rent

$1,138$1,651

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cold Springs	Sparks
Under 5	7.7%	5.8%
5 to 17	23.9%	16.8%
18 to 24	3.7%	9.4%
25 to 34	14.4%	15.5%
35 to 44	12.6%	13.0%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.9%
55 to 64	15.2%	11.0%
65 to 74	7.4%	9.2%
75 and over	3.5%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cold Springs	Sparks
White (non-Hispanic)	65.4%	54.4%
Black or African American	0.5%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	2.3%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.2%	0.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.4%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	24.3%	32.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cold Springs	Sparks
No high school diploma	6.9%	12.9%
High school graduate	39.6%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cold Springs	Sparks
Drove alone	75.2%	73.0%
Carpooled	13.1%	12.8%
Public transit	0.3%	2.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.4%	9.5%
Other means	1.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cold Springs	Sparks
1-unit, detached	88.3%	63.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Cold Springs	Sparks
Poverty rate	5.0%	9.0%
Average household size	3.07	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	29	23
Median year structure built	2003	1991