Cobb Island vs Indian Head

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

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

Indian Head has the higher population (3,982 vs 1,162 in Cobb Island). Cobb Island has the higher median household income ($161,141 vs $84,898 in Indian Head). Indian Head has the higher median home value ($258,900 vs $246,100 in Cobb Island).

Population, income & housing

	Cobb Island	Indian Head
Population	1,162	3,982
Median age	45.7 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$161,141	$84,898
Median home value	$246,100	$258,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,326
Housing units	545	1,625
Homeownership rate	85.6%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cobb Island	Indian Head
Population	846 → 1,162 (+37.4%)	3,822 → 3,982 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$97,344 → $161,141 (+65.5%)	$69,355 → $84,898 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$336,000 → $246,100 (-26.8%)	$220,900 → $258,900 (+17.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,000 → $1,859 (-7.0%)	$1,473 → $1,326 (-10.0%)

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

Indian Head

Population

3,8223,982

Median household income

$69,355$84,898

Median home value

$220,900$258,900

Median gross rent

$1,473$1,326

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cobb Island	Indian Head
Under 5	3.1%	6.2%
5 to 17	13.4%	15.2%
18 to 24	6.5%	10.7%
25 to 34	7.8%	13.4%
35 to 44	17.6%	16.7%
45 to 54	22.0%	16.5%
55 to 64	29.5%	9.7%
65 to 74	0.0%	8.3%
75 and over	0.0%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cobb Island	Indian Head
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	24.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	60.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cobb Island	Indian Head
No high school diploma	4.6%	6.5%
High school graduate	61.5%	46.0%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	1.6%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cobb Island	Indian Head
Drove alone	69.0%	76.7%
Carpooled	15.7%	7.3%
Public transit	5.3%	2.3%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	12.4%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cobb Island	Indian Head
1-unit, detached	100.0%	48.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	49.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cobb Island	Indian Head
Poverty rate	1.8%	7.3%
Average household size	2.83	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	49	47
Median year structure built	1938	1982