Cobb vs Middletown

A side-by-side comparison of Cobb and Middletown: population, income, housing, and more.

Cobb and Middletown are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Middletown has the higher population (1,659 vs 928 in Cobb). Middletown has the higher median household income ($170,605 vs $113,375 in Cobb). Middletown has the higher median home value ($481,900 vs $377,000 in Cobb).

Population, income & housing

	Cobb	Middletown
Population	928	1,659
Median age	61.8 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$113,375	$170,605
Median home value	$377,000	$481,900
Median gross rent	—	$2,197
Housing units	701	781
Homeownership rate	85.3%	59.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.4%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	12.1%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cobb	Middletown
Population	1,011 → 928 (-8.2%)	739 → 1,659 (+124.5%)
Median household income	$78,833 → $113,375 (+43.8%)	$144,696 → $170,605 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$260,300 → $377,000 (+44.8%)	$2,000,001 → $481,900 (-75.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,506 → $2,197 (+45.9%)

Cobb

Population

1,011928

Median household income

$78,833$113,375

Median home value

$260,300$377,000

Middletown

Population

7391,659

Median household income

$144,696$170,605

Median home value

$2,000,001$481,900

Median gross rent

$1,506$2,197

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cobb	Middletown
Under 5	7.1%	7.2%
5 to 17	9.2%	22.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.8%
25 to 34	9.6%	13.4%
35 to 44	5.2%	5.5%
45 to 54	12.6%	21.7%
55 to 64	12.9%	11.6%
65 to 74	41.7%	12.4%
75 and over	1.7%	0.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cobb	Middletown
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	61.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	36.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cobb	Middletown
No high school diploma	8.0%	27.7%
High school graduate	21.6%	10.6%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	48.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cobb	Middletown
Drove alone	91.1%	78.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cobb	Middletown
1-unit, detached	91.6%	49.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	23.4%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	23.0%

Poverty & households

	Cobb	Middletown
Poverty rate	6.7%	10.0%
Average household size	2.10	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1969	1984