Cobb vs Upper Lake

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

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

Upper Lake has the higher population (1,204 vs 928 in Cobb). Cobb has the higher median household income ($113,375 vs $104,936 in Upper Lake). Cobb has the higher median home value ($377,000 vs $344,000 in Upper Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Cobb	Upper Lake
Population	928	1,204
Median age	61.8 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$113,375	$104,936
Median home value	$377,000	$344,000
Housing units	701	473
Homeownership rate	85.3%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.4%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	12.1%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cobb	Upper Lake
Population	1,011 → 928 (-8.2%)	896 → 1,204 (+34.4%)
Median household income	$78,833 → $113,375 (+43.8%)	$47,375 → $104,936 (+121.5%)
Median home value	$260,300 → $377,000 (+44.8%)	$234,200 → $344,000 (+46.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$708 → $595 (-16.0%)

Cobb

Population

1,011928

Median household income

$78,833$113,375

Median home value

$260,300$377,000

Upper Lake

Population

8961,204

Median household income

$47,375$104,936

Median home value

$234,200$344,000

Median gross rent

$708$595

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cobb	Upper Lake
Under 5	7.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	9.2%	7.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	9.6%	3.9%
35 to 44	5.2%	25.4%
45 to 54	12.6%	21.5%
55 to 64	12.9%	10.5%
65 to 74	41.7%	7.1%
75 and over	1.7%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cobb	Upper Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	71.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
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%	18.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cobb	Upper Lake
No high school diploma	8.0%	6.8%
High school graduate	21.6%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	60.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cobb	Upper Lake
Drove alone	91.1%	81.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cobb	Upper Lake
1-unit, detached	91.6%	66.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	11.6%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	20.1%

Poverty & households

	Cobb	Upper Lake
Poverty rate	6.7%	8.5%
Average household size	2.10	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1969	1971