Bryans Road vs Cobb Island

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

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

Bryans Road has the higher population (9,174 vs 1,162 in Cobb Island). Cobb Island has the higher median household income ($161,141 vs $117,117 in Bryans Road). Bryans Road has the higher median home value ($343,300 vs $246,100 in Cobb Island).

Population, income & housing

	Bryans Road	Cobb Island
Population	9,174	1,162
Median age	37.4 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$117,117	$161,141
Median home value	$343,300	$246,100
Median gross rent	$2,044	—
Housing units	3,232	545
Homeownership rate	96.1%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bryans Road	Cobb Island
Population	7,847 → 9,174 (+16.9%)	846 → 1,162 (+37.4%)
Median household income	$93,258 → $117,117 (+25.6%)	$97,344 → $161,141 (+65.5%)
Median home value	$274,000 → $343,300 (+25.3%)	$336,000 → $246,100 (-26.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,857 → $2,044 (+10.1%)	$2,000 → $1,859 (-7.0%)

Bryans Road

Population

7,8479,174

Median household income

$93,258$117,117

Median home value

$274,000$343,300

Median gross rent

$1,857$2,044

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)

	Bryans Road	Cobb Island
Under 5	5.9%	3.1%
5 to 17	21.2%	13.4%
18 to 24	7.7%	6.5%
25 to 34	10.6%	7.8%
35 to 44	15.9%	17.6%
45 to 54	14.9%	22.0%
55 to 64	10.1%	29.5%
65 to 74	9.1%	0.0%
75 and over	4.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bryans Road	Cobb Island
White (non-Hispanic)	19.3%	96.0%
Black or African American	66.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bryans Road	Cobb Island
No high school diploma	5.2%	4.6%
High school graduate	34.4%	61.5%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	1.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bryans Road	Cobb Island
Drove alone	71.9%	69.0%
Carpooled	8.1%	15.7%
Public transit	4.3%	5.3%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	7.2%
Other means	0.5%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bryans Road	Cobb Island
1-unit, detached	76.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	22.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bryans Road	Cobb Island
Poverty rate	2.3%	1.8%
Average household size	2.89	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	41	49
Median year structure built	1990	1938