Photo: Soundsfancy · CC BY-SA 4.0More than half of Cold Springs’ working residents commute to Reno
A typical one-way commute lasts 31 minutes, next to 25 for Nevada and 26 for the U.S. The two grades for Cold Springs are A− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Measured by household income, Cold Springs is ahead of 72% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Cold Springs stands out on work
More than half of Cold Springs works in Reno
2,806 working residents, 56%, have their main job in Reno, 12 miles away across the town line. That’s 56 times as many as work in Cold Springs itself. The commute map ↓
Cold Springs is a place people come home to
There are 172 jobs based in Cold Springs, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cold Springs has about 6,500 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Cold Springs workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 25 across Nevada. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Jobs & income in Cold Springs: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cold Springs is better than 76% of U.S. towns, #4 of 42 in Nevada. The poverty rate holds Cold Springs’ grade up (3.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 45% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cold Springs could be anywhere from B− to A.
The towns that employ Cold Springs’ residents
Where Cold Springs clocks in
56% of workers
16% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
A workday in Cold Springs: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 4,940 residents head out to work, 64 work right here, and 108 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,500 people are in Cold Springs on a workday afternoon, 43% fewer than live here.
0.03 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The daily trip from Cold Springs: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cold Springs workers work from home, vs 12% across Nevada. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,341 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Nevada: 80% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Goods jobs make up 53% of work in Cold Springs
172 jobs are based in Cold Springs.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cold Springs, 2013 → 2023: 111 → 172. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cold Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Cold Springs’ commute, mile by mile
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most of Cold Springs commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cold Springs is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns, #38 of 42 in Nevada. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.6% across Nevada, on an EPA index of 5.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,821 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.2% of Cold Springs households have no vehicle (Nevada 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Cold Springs’ commuters take a bus or train.
869th of 2,507: where Cold Springs ranks among U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 867 | New Scotland NY | 9,299 | $123K | 6.4% | 4.7% | 7% | A− |
| 868 | Frankfort Square IL | 9,560 | $127K | 6.4% | 7.4% | 2% | A− |
| 869 | Cold Springs NV | 11,321 | $94K | 3.9% | 3.2% | 1% | A− |
| 870 | Winters CA | 8,214 | $123K | 8.8% | 3.1% | 17% | A− |
| 871 | Brown Deer WI | 12,821 | $94K | 6.9% | 5.0% | 6% | A− |
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| 1,197 | Incline Village NV | 9,272 | $167K | 6.0% | 3.9% | 41% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,381 | Gardnerville Ranchos NV | 12,114 | $88K | 9.5% | 2.1% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,458 | Spring Creek NV | 14,739 | $105K | 7.3% | 4.1% | 6% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Cold Springs, the top three, the last and three more from Nevada.
Cold Springs and its neighbors: 56% work next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cold Springs workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cold Springs | – | A− | C− | 31 min | $93,732 |
| Reno | 56% | B− | A | 20 min | $80,760 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Reno. Darker towns draw more of Cold Springs’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Cold Springs: questions
What is the median household income in Cold Springs?
$93,732 (±$14,543) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,260 across Nevada and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cold Springs?
3.9%, against 12.4% across Nevada and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cold Springs?
31 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Nevada and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cold Springs work?
1% work in town.
Is Cold Springs walkable?
Cold Springs is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cold Springs without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cold Springs, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cold Springs
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.