Cold Springs vs Washoe Valley

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

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

Cold Springs has the higher population (11,223 vs 3,404 in Washoe Valley). Washoe Valley has the higher median household income ($111,371 vs $82,450 in Cold Springs). Washoe Valley has the higher median home value ($566,600 vs $417,800 in Cold Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Cold Springs	Washoe Valley
Population	11,223	3,404
Median age	35.2 yrs	59.2 yrs
Median household income	$82,450	$111,371
Median home value	$417,800	$566,600
Median gross rent	$1,854	—
Housing units	3,756	1,422
Homeownership rate	91.1%	95.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cold Springs	Washoe Valley
Population	9,633 → 11,223 (+16.5%)	2,670 → 3,404 (+27.5%)
Median household income	$72,118 → $82,450 (+14.3%)	$72,946 → $111,371 (+52.7%)
Median home value	$258,500 → $417,800 (+61.6%)	$327,600 → $566,600 (+73.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,453 → $1,854 (+27.6%)	$1,045 → $1,147 (+9.8%)

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

Washoe Valley

Population

2,6703,404

Median household income

$72,946$111,371

Median home value

$327,600$566,600

Median gross rent

$1,045$1,147

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cold Springs	Washoe Valley
Under 5	7.7%	1.9%
5 to 17	23.9%	7.4%
18 to 24	3.7%	1.8%
25 to 34	14.4%	11.1%
35 to 44	12.6%	11.3%
45 to 54	11.6%	8.9%
55 to 64	15.2%	22.4%
65 to 74	7.4%	20.4%
75 and over	3.5%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cold Springs	Washoe Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	65.4%	86.4%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	10.8%
Hispanic or Latino	24.3%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cold Springs	Washoe Valley
No high school diploma	6.9%	11.2%
High school graduate	39.6%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cold Springs	Washoe Valley
Drove alone	75.2%	80.5%
Carpooled	13.1%	8.7%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	10.3%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cold Springs	Washoe Valley
1-unit, detached	88.3%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	13.2%

Poverty & households

	Cold Springs	Washoe Valley
Poverty rate	5.0%	3.6%
Average household size	3.07	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	2003	1979