A town of 4,249. Nearly 1.1% of it is conserved land.
The 3 things Cold Spring does most differently from other towns.
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Nothing on the calendar.
Ordered by what stands out in Cold Spring. Another town gets a different order.
0.8 miles of trails across 3 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Alexander Park | 0.4 mi | 4 |
| 2. Pioneer Park | — | 7 |
| 3. Cold Spring Baseball Park | — | 6 |
Cold Spring beats the Minnesota average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3.
| What stands out | Cold Spring | MN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7% | 8.9% |
| Fewer adults without reliable transportation | 5.9% | 7.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.6% | 8.5% |
The typical Cold Spring home is worth about $364,000, up 2.3% in a year, close to the Minnesota typical home.
The public schools Cold Spring’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 78% of Minnesota’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cold Spring Elementary | PK–5 | 656 | B+ |
| St. Boniface School Private | PK–6 | 232 | |
| Rocori Middle | 6–8 | 563 | B |
| Rocori Senior High | 9–12 | 824 | B+ |
| Rocori Online Learning Site | 6–12 | 72 | Not graded |
| Rocori Alc | 7–12 | 27 | D |
Cold Spring has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 81°, a January night drops to 3°, and about 57 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Most working residents leave Cold Spring for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are St. Cloud (23%), Wakefield (6%) and Waite Park (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 63% of U.S. communities.
18 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 3 places on the National Register.
3 places in Cold Spring on the National Register of Historic Places.
8 notable people were born in Cold Spring.
City in Minnesota, United States
Cold Spring is a city in Stearns County, Minnesota, United States, at the gateway of the Sauk River Chain of Lakes, an interconnected system of 14 bay-like lakes fed and connected by the Sauk River. Cold Spring is part of the St. Cloud metropolitan area. Its population was 4,164 at the 2020 census.
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