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Cold Springs, Nevada.

A community in Washoe County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Washoe County’s.

Living in Cold Springs, Washoe County, Nevada

Cold Springs, in Washoe County, had 10,153 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $93,732 a year and half less, against $88,096 across Washoe County; 4% of its people live below the poverty line. 92% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 8% are rented. Unemployment in Washoe County was 3.4% in August 2026, and the county had 1.1% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 10,153 in the 2020 census; median age 36.7
Household income $93,732 the median, give or take $14,543 · Washoe County: $88,096
Unemployment 3.4% Washoe County, August 2026; 4.2% a year before
Homes 92% lived in by their owners; 8% rented
  • 3,618households
  • 18%of adults have a degree
  • 4%below the poverty line
  • 31 mintypical commute
  • 10%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care19%
  • Shops (retail)16%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment10%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities10%
  • Professional and business services9%
  • Manufacturing8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Washoe County had 243,154 jobs in 2025, 1.1% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 43° and 24°; warmest in July, 89° and 57° 20° 40° 60° 80° J F M A M J J 89° 57° A S O N D 43° 24°
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 43° and 24°; warmest in July, 89° and 57° 20° 40° 60° 80° J F M A M J J 89° 57° A S O N D 43° 24°

Coldest in December, with highs near 43° and lows near 24°; warmest in July, with highs near 89° and lows near 57°. About 17 inches of snow and 11 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Stead weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Washoe County

  1. Washoe County SchoolsSchool district5,596FTE
  2. University of Nevada-RenoUniversity or college4,549
  3. Renown Regional Medical CenterGeneral hospital3,439FTE
  4. Circus and Eldorado Joint VentureGaming / hospitality2,310
  5. City of RenoAdvisory commissions, executive government2,212
  6. Veterans Health AdministrationFederal government · Department of Veterans Affairs1,806
  7. Hometown HealthHospital and medical service plans, direct, without providing health care services1,393
  8. UPSCouriers and express delivery services1,115

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 481 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 63,902 people in all across the county; Cold Springs has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and federal offices from OPM's federal workforce data (2026); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. WildfireRelatively high
  2. Winter weatherRelatively high
  3. EarthquakesRelatively moderate
  4. AvalanchesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Cold Springs’ census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Washoe County.