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Place dossier plate
SheetCA-COLD-SPRINGS-CDP-EL-DORADO-COUNTY-CA · Cold Springs CDP (El Dorado County), CA 512 pop · income 52nd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Cold Springs CDP (El Dorado County)
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Cold Springs CDP (El Dorado County) on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Evening Shade · lowest
38,417
Evening Shade · lowest
38,417 median HH income
24.7% of the leader · rank #1
Lisbon Falls · near
71,513
Lisbon Falls · near
71,513 median HH income
46.0% of the leader · rank #2
Cold Springs… · this city
71,523
Cold Springs… · this city
71,523 median HH income
46.0% of the leader · rank #3
Colfax · near
71,528
Colfax · near
71,528 median HH income
46.0% of the leader · rank #4
Fletcher · near
71,528
Fletcher · near
71,528 median HH income
46.0% of the leader · rank #5
East Berlin · near
71,528
East Berlin · near
71,528 median HH income
46.0% of the leader · rank #6
Dorrington · highest
155,357
Dorrington · highest
155,357 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Cold Springs CDP (El Dorado County) on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 512.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Cold Springs CDP (El Dorado County) lands in the 52nd percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
52nd
percentile, household income
77th
percentile, home value
88th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Cold Springs CDP (El Dorado County), CA
California's Cold Springs CDP (El Dorado County) is a small town, with 512 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Households in Cold Springs CDP (El Dorado County) report a median income of $71,523 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 10.1%. Typical homes in Cold Springs CDP (El Dorado County) are valued around $391,700, and the median resident age is 55.4 years. About 19.3% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 72.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
California carries a cost-of-living premium: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, California scores 110.7 (Well Above Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $2,053 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in California run around $275, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 88.7 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Very High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Cold Springs CDP (El Dorado County)'s data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to housing and income to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Cold Springs CDP (El Dorado County), city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Cold Springs CDP (El Dorado County)?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Within California, the closest population matches are Dorrington (512 residents, $155,357 income); Fields Landing (512 residents, $76,116 income); Dobbins (511 residents, $51,827 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are North La Junta, CO (512 residents); Plymouth, IL (512 residents); DeKalb Junction, NY (512 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
How far does income reach against housing in Cold Springs CDP (El Dorado County)?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.5 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 10.1%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the journey to work look like in Cold Springs CDP (El Dorado County)?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 74.0%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Above median income · poverty 10.1% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
110.7 (US=100)
Highest-decile cost · BEA RPP 2024, California average
F
City profile score · Cold Springs CDP (El Dorado County), CA
33/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Household income C-
$71,523
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
10.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
19.3%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living F
110.7 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
How does Cold Springs CDP (El Dorado County) compare to other US cities?
Where Cold Springs CDP (El Dorado County) sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income52% higher than other cities
Home value77% pricier than other cities
Median rent88% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Cold Springs CDP (El Dorado County) against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to California only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
California-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Cold Springs CDP (El Dorado County) near the bottom of California's cities
Among the 1,458 California cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Cold Springs CDP (El Dorado County) ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Cold Springs CDP (El Dorado County) only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#898 of 1,338
33rd percentile in California
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,458
0th percentile in California
Median Home Value
#877 of 1,343
35th percentile in California
Poverty Rate
#486 of 1,450
66th percentile in California
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#924 of 1,458
36th percentile in California
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within California only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
52nd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Cold Springs CDP (El Dorado County)'s home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$391,70023rd percentilemore affordable than 23% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#13,541 of 15,516
More affordable than 13% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#10,134 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 5.5×, Cold Springs CDP (El Dorado County) sits in the pressured band:
national rank #13,541 of 15,516 and #10,134 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$71,523Cold Springs CDP (El Dorado County), CA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Cold Springs CDP (El Dorado County), CA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Cold Springs CDP (El Dorado County), CA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)19.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)10.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)72.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
512
Median Income
$71,523
Median Home Value
$391,700
Median Age
55.4
Poverty Rate
10.1%
Labor force participation
72.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
19.3%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
74.0%
Carpool
5.7%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
20.4%
Based on 334 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
California statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $275
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across California at $275 (electricity about $150 , water and sewer about $70 ).
These are California statewide averages, not a meter reading for Cold Springs CDP (El Dorado County). Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
California's BEA cost-of-living index is 110.7 (Well Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Cold Springs CDP (El Dorado County) is $2,053/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to California statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 88.7 / 100 (Very High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a California statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Cold Springs CDP (El Dorado County) sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Cold Springs CDP (El Dorado County) compares to similar-size California cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.