City safety & data profile

ColdwaterMI

Coldwater, MI is a 11K-resident city in Branch County with a median household income of $50,781.

Branch County, Michigan. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Coldwater, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Coldwater has a population larger than 5% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $137,500, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

11K
Population (place)
Bottom 6%
By size
$50,781
Median income (place)
$137,500
Median home (place)
21.3%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Coldwater

Coldwater posts a median household income higher than 10% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Coldwater area.

Bottom 11%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Coldwater

Where Coldwater income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$50,781 Bottom 10% higher than 10% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Coldwater $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. 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, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in MI

Population among 105 MI places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Detroit is the largest MI city on this list; Beverly Hills leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in MI

Median household income among the same 105-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Beverly Hills posts the highest place-level median income in MI; Detroit is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Coldwater, MI beyond the headline numbers

Coldwater sits inside Branch County, Michigan, at roughly 41.94°N, -85.00°W. Population 10,844, $50,781 median household income. Median home value $137,500, median rent $943. Poverty rate 21.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Coldwater, 2/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

21.3% of Coldwater, MI residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Coldwater runs about 2.7 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Only 6.4% of Coldwater workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current smoking departs furthest from its peer median: 19.9% in Coldwater, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Coldwater from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
10,844
Coldwater · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$50,781
-43% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$137,500
-67% vs avg
Median Age (place)
39.5
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Branch County): Coldwater's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
45K+2%
Median Income
$63,724+52%
Median Home Value
$162,500+66%
Poverty Rate
16.4%-12%
Unemployment
5.7%-52%

Economics

Economics indicators for Coldwater, MI
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$943/mo
Poverty Rate
21.3% +72% vs avg
Unemployment 8.3%
Bachelor's Degree+ 13.9%
Work From Home 6.4%
Public Transit 0.5%

Population

White 85.1%
African American 4.6%
Asian 0.4%
Two or More Ethnicities 2.3%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
39.7%
Obesity
37.9%
Short Sleep Duration
37.5%
Physical Inactivity
30.3%
Frequent Mental Distress
19.9%
Current Smoking
19.9%
Frequent Physical Distress
16.9%
Binge Drinking
16.1%
Diabetes
13.9%
Current Asthma
11.8%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 59.4%
Annual Checkup 77.9%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
10%
Coronary Heart Disease
8.3%
Stroke
4.4%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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Average Rating
2/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
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COLDWATER · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★☆☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Coldwater?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Coldwater right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet MI-COLDWATER · Coldwater

Coldwater: 5 tagged alerts; lead category ECCC weather alert.

  • VOL-LIGHT 5 on record
  • MIX-LED 100% ca-weather
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Chicago

Tagged alert mix: Coldwater

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 5 tagged notices on record for Coldwater.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Chicago, IL (5 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Coldwater; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Michigan state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (5 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Chicago, IL 5 alerts Philadelphia, PA 5 alerts Indianapolis, IN 5 alerts Atlanta, GA 5 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Coldwater, MI? ▼
Coldwater, MI has a population of 10,844 people, located in Branch County, Michigan.
What is the median household income in Coldwater? ▼
The median household income in Coldwater, MI is $50,781 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 21.3%.
What is the median home value in Coldwater? ▼
The median home value in Coldwater, MI is $137,500. Median rent is $943/month.
What are the top health concerns in Coldwater? ▼
The top health indicators in Coldwater include High Blood Pressure (39.7%), Obesity (37.9%), Short Sleep Duration (37.5%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Coldwater? ▼
Coldwater has 1 hospital with an average rating of 2/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Coldwater? ▼
The median age in Coldwater, MI is 39.5 years. 13.9% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Coldwater, both outside Michigan so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MI (21.3% here).

Rockford, IL 21.3% Brawley, CA 21.3% Columbus, MS 21.3% Mattoon, IL 21.3%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MI ($50,781 here).

Beeville, TX $50,784 Scranton, PA $50,739 Jasmine Estates, FL $50,718 Troy, AL $50,717

Compare Coldwater with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Battle Creek, MI 52K Sturgis, MI 11K Auburn, IN 13K Portage, MI 48K Jackson, MI 33K Kalamazoo, MI 76K Fort Wayne, IN 260K Holt, MI 24K
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Using Coldwater's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Coldwater area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Coldwater against Michigan peers on any ranking lens. Explore Michigan

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Branch County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.