Cos Cob vs Staples

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

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

Cos Cob has the higher population (7,354 vs 6,985 in Staples). Staples has the higher median household income ($218,365 vs $176,602 in Cos Cob). Staples has the higher median home value ($1,202,800 vs $1,149,500 in Cos Cob).

Population, income & housing

	Cos Cob	Staples
Population	7,354	6,985
Median age	39.3 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$176,602	$218,365
Median home value	$1,149,500	$1,202,800
Median gross rent	$2,574	$2,142
Housing units	2,711	2,586
Homeownership rate	65.4%	90.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.3%	71.7%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cos Cob	Staples
Population	6,990 → 7,354 (+5.2%)	6,952 → 6,985 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$149,375 → $176,602 (+18.2%)	$172,424 → $218,365 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$1,055,400 → $1,149,500 (+8.9%)	$1,087,300 → $1,202,800 (+10.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,979 → $2,574 (+30.1%)	$1,913 → $2,142 (+12.0%)

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

Staples

Population

6,9526,985

Median household income

$172,424$218,365

Median home value

$1,087,300$1,202,800

Median gross rent

$1,913$2,142

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cos Cob	Staples
Under 5	9.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	20.0%	21.8%
18 to 24	6.1%	6.4%
25 to 34	8.6%	3.1%
35 to 44	15.2%	8.4%
45 to 54	13.3%	17.1%
55 to 64	13.9%	19.3%
65 to 74	8.9%	10.8%
75 and over	4.9%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cos Cob	Staples
White (non-Hispanic)	67.2%	77.6%
Black or African American	2.9%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	5.4%	7.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.1%
Two or more races	9.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cos Cob	Staples
No high school diploma	3.9%	3.9%
High school graduate	15.0%	13.1%
Some college or associate's	10.8%	11.3%
Bachelor's degree	33.4%	38.1%
Graduate or professional degree	36.9%	33.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cos Cob	Staples
Drove alone	54.8%	44.4%
Carpooled	4.9%	6.8%
Public transit	9.0%	12.9%
Walked	1.9%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.9%	31.3%
Other means	1.5%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cos Cob	Staples
1-unit, detached	58.2%	90.8%
1-unit, attached	11.8%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	23.5%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	2.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cos Cob	Staples
Poverty rate	5.5%	3.8%
Average household size	2.78	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	29	43
Median year structure built	1959	1967