Cobb vs Soda Bay

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

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

Soda Bay has the higher population (968 vs 928 in Cobb). Cobb has the higher median household income ($113,375 vs $96,994 in Soda Bay). Cobb has the higher median home value ($377,000 vs $330,600 in Soda Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Cobb	Soda Bay
Population	928	968
Median age	61.8 yrs	58.2 yrs
Median household income	$113,375	$96,994
Median home value	$377,000	$330,600
Housing units	701	690
Homeownership rate	85.3%	91.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.4%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	12.1%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cobb	Soda Bay
Population	1,011 → 928 (-8.2%)	878 → 968 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$78,833 → $113,375 (+43.8%)	$57,175 → $96,994 (+69.6%)
Median home value	$260,300 → $377,000 (+44.8%)	$233,800 → $330,600 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,098 → $1,472 (+34.1%)

Cobb

Population

1,011928

Median household income

$78,833$113,375

Median home value

$260,300$377,000

Soda Bay

Population

878968

Median household income

$57,175$96,994

Median home value

$233,800$330,600

Median gross rent

$1,098$1,472

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cobb	Soda Bay
Under 5	7.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.2%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.2%
25 to 34	9.6%	12.7%
35 to 44	5.2%	3.1%
45 to 54	12.6%	13.5%
55 to 64	12.9%	26.9%
65 to 74	41.7%	20.1%
75 and over	1.7%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cobb	Soda Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	67.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.1%	7.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	19.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cobb	Soda Bay
No high school diploma	8.0%	11.9%
High school graduate	21.6%	12.1%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cobb	Soda Bay
Drove alone	91.1%	60.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	24.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	15.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cobb	Soda Bay
1-unit, detached	91.6%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Cobb	Soda Bay
Poverty rate	6.7%	4.0%
Average household size	2.10	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1969	1985