Bensville vs Cobb Island

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

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

Bensville has the higher population (14,792 vs 1,162 in Cobb Island). Bensville has the higher median household income ($161,568 vs $161,141 in Cobb Island). Bensville has the higher median home value ($475,800 vs $246,100 in Cobb Island).

Population, income & housing

	Bensville	Cobb Island
Population	14,792	1,162
Median age	39.6 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$161,568	$161,141
Median home value	$475,800	$246,100
Median gross rent	$2,680	—
Housing units	4,797	545
Homeownership rate	94.0%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.2%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bensville	Cobb Island
Population	13,227 → 14,792 (+11.8%)	846 → 1,162 (+37.4%)
Median household income	$127,096 → $161,568 (+27.1%)	$97,344 → $161,141 (+65.5%)
Median home value	$366,600 → $475,800 (+29.8%)	$336,000 → $246,100 (-26.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,519 → $2,680 (+6.4%)	$2,000 → $1,859 (-7.0%)

Bensville

Population

13,22714,792

Median household income

$127,096$161,568

Median home value

$366,600$475,800

Median gross rent

$2,519$2,680

Cobb Island

Population

8461,162

Median household income

$97,344$161,141

Median home value

$336,000$246,100

Median gross rent

$2,000$1,859

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bensville	Cobb Island
Under 5	4.5%	3.1%
5 to 17	21.6%	13.4%
18 to 24	9.8%	6.5%
25 to 34	7.8%	7.8%
35 to 44	12.8%	17.6%
45 to 54	17.5%	22.0%
55 to 64	17.1%	29.5%
65 to 74	6.7%	0.0%
75 and over	2.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bensville	Cobb Island
White (non-Hispanic)	23.1%	96.0%
Black or African American	61.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bensville	Cobb Island
No high school diploma	6.7%	4.6%
High school graduate	26.1%	61.5%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	1.6%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bensville	Cobb Island
Drove alone	80.0%	69.0%
Carpooled	4.0%	15.7%
Public transit	3.3%	5.3%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	7.2%
Other means	1.2%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bensville	Cobb Island
1-unit, detached	91.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bensville	Cobb Island
Poverty rate	9.3%	1.8%
Average household size	3.15	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	43	49
Median year structure built	2001	1938