Bryantown vs Cobb Island

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

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

Cobb Island has the higher population (1,162 vs 359 in Bryantown). Cobb Island has the higher median household income ($161,141 vs $113,580 in Bryantown). Bryantown has the higher median home value ($499,000 vs $246,100 in Cobb Island).

Population, income & housing

	Bryantown	Cobb Island
Population	359	1,162
Median age	52.2 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$113,580	$161,141
Median home value	$499,000	$246,100
Housing units	159	545
Homeownership rate	86.2%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.3%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bryantown	Cobb Island
Population	637 → 359 (-43.6%)	846 → 1,162 (+37.4%)
Median household income	$96,625 → $113,580 (+17.5%)	$97,344 → $161,141 (+65.5%)
Median home value	$414,300 → $499,000 (+20.4%)	$336,000 → $246,100 (-26.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$2,000 → $1,859 (-7.0%)

Bryantown

Population

637359

Median household income

$96,625$113,580

Median home value

$414,300$499,000

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)

	Bryantown	Cobb Island
Under 5	8.4%	3.1%
5 to 17	5.6%	13.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.5%
25 to 34	14.5%	7.8%
35 to 44	8.9%	17.6%
45 to 54	34.0%	22.0%
55 to 64	2.2%	29.5%
65 to 74	6.7%	0.0%
75 and over	19.8%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bryantown	Cobb Island
White (non-Hispanic)	59.6%	96.0%
Black or African American	40.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bryantown	Cobb Island
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.6%
High school graduate	6.8%	61.5%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	37.9%	1.6%
Graduate or professional degree	20.4%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bryantown	Cobb Island
Drove alone	66.5%	69.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	15.7%
Public transit	19.9%	5.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bryantown	Cobb Island
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bryantown	Cobb Island
Poverty rate	0.0%	1.8%
Average household size	2.26	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	54	49
Median year structure built	1979	1938