Coldsprings TownshipMI
A town of 1,611.
Is Coldsprings Township a good place to live?
Coldsprings Township’s best subject grades are an A for cost of living and an A− for civic life; its weakest is a D− for walkability. 11% of residents are under 18 in Coldsprings Township, below both the Michigan town median (21%) and the median of U.S. towns (22%). Only 29 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score lower on walkability. The median household income is $61K, and 12% of residents live below the poverty line. Coldsprings Township’s trail density is 1.2 miles per square mile, where Michigan’s towns sit at 0.3 and U.S. towns at 0.4. Only 61 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score lower on history. Coldsprings Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Coldsprings Township stand out
Where Coldsprings Township beats most towns.
Community nonprofits per 1,000 residents
99% of working residents leave Coldsprings Township for work
Where Coldsprings Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Coldsprings Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Coldsprings Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Coldsprings Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Coldsprings Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Coldsprings Township.
Coldsprings Township faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 91% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Coldsprings Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.0 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Coldsprings Township for work: only 1% work in town. The average trip to work in Coldsprings Township is 35 minutes. The top destinations are Kalkaska Township (17%), Traverse City (12%) and Garfield Township (6%).
| Coldsprings Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 35 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 5.9% | 10% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.6% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $61,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Coldsprings Township is less healthy than 74% of U.S. towns
Coldsprings Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 9. 18% of adults smoke cigarettes in Coldsprings Township.
| Coldsprings Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 36% | 35% |
| What stands out | Coldsprings Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 13.4% | 10.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.3% | 8.1% |
| More smokers | 17.7% | 14.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Compared with most of Michigan and the rest of the country, the median age in Coldsprings Township is higher
Coldsprings Township’s median age is 58.3 years. Coldsprings Township has grown 4.3% since 2020, to 1,611 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 31% of Coldsprings Township residents are 65 or older.
| Coldsprings Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 58.3 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 31% | 19% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 24% | 26% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.2 points. Across Michigan, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Coldsprings Township | MI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 3.8% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.3% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.9% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.1% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.1% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 24.9% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 22.6% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.2% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.7% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 34.7% | 28% | 26% |
| Some college | 25.1% | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.3% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 15.3% | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.9% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,600, single groups can be off by several points
In Coldsprings Township, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Coldsprings Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 79°, January nights drop to 12° and about 132 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Coldsprings Township has set aside 1.3% of its land for conservation
43 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Pere Marquette State Forest - Traverse City Unit | 14.6 mi | 4,363 |
| 2. Mackinaw State Forest - Gaylord Unit | 0.4 mi | 11 |
| 3. Sands Park | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Coldsprings Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Coldsprings Township; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Coldsprings Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Coldsprings Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Coldsprings Township is a civil township of Kalkaska County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,551 at the 2020 census. The name "Coldsprings" derives from the natural underground springs located throughout the township.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,273 ft
Coldsprings Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Coldsprings Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coldsprings Township | — | — | A | — | B− | C |
| Rapid River Township | — | — | A+ | — | C+ | C+ |
| Blue Lake Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Excelsior Township | — | — | A | — | C+ | C− |
| Mancelona Township | #384 | B− | A | — | B | C |
Coldsprings Township, Rapid River Township and Excelsior Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Coldsprings Township, Rapid River Township, Excelsior Township and Mancelona Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Blue Lake Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Coldsprings Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Coldsprings Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Coldsprings Township, MI expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.