Bethel vs Cos Cob

A side-by-side comparison of Bethel and Cos Cob: population, income, housing, and more.

Bethel and Cos Cob are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bethel has the higher population (11,606 vs 7,354 in Cos Cob). Cos Cob has the higher median household income ($176,602 vs $88,344 in Bethel). Cos Cob has the higher median home value ($1,149,500 vs $377,500 in Bethel).

Population, income & housing

	Bethel	Cos Cob
Population	11,606	7,354
Median age	40.9 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$88,344	$176,602
Median home value	$377,500	$1,149,500
Median gross rent	$1,471	$2,574
Housing units	4,972	2,711
Homeownership rate	69.2%	65.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.4%	70.3%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethel	Cos Cob
Population	10,012 → 11,606 (+15.9%)	6,990 → 7,354 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$73,393 → $88,344 (+20.4%)	$149,375 → $176,602 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$295,600 → $377,500 (+27.7%)	$1,055,400 → $1,149,500 (+8.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,259 → $1,471 (+16.8%)	$1,979 → $2,574 (+30.1%)

Bethel

Population

10,01211,606

Median household income

$73,393$88,344

Median home value

$295,600$377,500

Median gross rent

$1,259$1,471

Cos Cob

Population

6,9907,354

Median household income

$149,375$176,602

Median home value

$1,055,400$1,149,500

Median gross rent

$1,979$2,574

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethel	Cos Cob
Under 5	5.1%	9.0%
5 to 17	17.7%	20.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.1%
25 to 34	14.0%	8.6%
35 to 44	9.2%	15.2%
45 to 54	15.5%	13.3%
55 to 64	15.8%	13.9%
65 to 74	8.5%	8.9%
75 and over	6.6%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethel	Cos Cob
White (non-Hispanic)	59.0%	67.2%
Black or African American	10.0%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	4.9%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	5.8%	0.8%
Two or more races	7.0%	9.2%
Hispanic or Latino	13.3%	14.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethel	Cos Cob
No high school diploma	11.0%	3.9%
High school graduate	26.3%	15.0%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	10.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	33.4%
Graduate or professional degree	15.4%	36.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethel	Cos Cob
Drove alone	75.6%	54.8%
Carpooled	6.5%	4.9%
Public transit	1.8%	9.0%
Walked	0.5%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.0%	27.9%
Other means	3.6%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethel	Cos Cob
1-unit, detached	48.8%	58.2%
1-unit, attached	14.4%	11.8%
2 to 4 units	22.8%	23.5%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	5.1%
20 or more units	3.5%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Bethel	Cos Cob
Poverty rate	5.9%	5.5%
Average household size	2.45	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1975	1959