Cold Springs (formerly, Cold Spring) is a census-designated place in El Dorado County, California. It is located west of Placerville, at an elevation of 1207 feet (368 m). It has a population of 556, as of the 2020 census.
A post office operated at Cold Spring (as it was then called) from in or before 1852 to 1874.
Cold Springs first appeared as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census.
The 2020 United States census reported that Cold Springs had a population of 556. The population density was . The racial makeup of Cold Springs was 477 (85.8%) White, 6 (1.1%) African American, 3 (0.5%) Native American, 5 (0.9%) Asian, 1 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 19 (3.4%) from other races, and 45 (8.1%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 52 persons (9.4%).
The whole population lived in households. There were 253 households, out of which 44 (17.4%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 140 (55.3%) were married-couple households, 14 (5.5%) were cohabiting couple households, 87 (34.4%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 12 (4.7%) had a male householder with no partner present. 64 households (25.3%) were one person, and 43 (17.0%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.2. There were 177 families (70.0% of all households).
The age distribution was 83 people (14.9%) under the age of 18, 26 people (4.7%) aged 18 to 24, 94 people (16.9%) aged 25 to 44, 147 people (26.4%) aged 45 to 64, and 206 people (37.1%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 59.5years. For every 100 females, there were 103.7 males.
There were 270 housing units at an average density of , of which 253 (93.7%) were occupied. Of these, 203 (80.2%) were owner-occupied, and 50 (19.8%) were occupied by renters.
It is in the Gold Trail Union Elementary School District and the El Dorado Union High School District.