Cobb Island vs Pomfret

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

Cobb Island and Pomfret 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 670 in Pomfret). Pomfret has the higher median home value ($413,300 vs $246,100 in Cobb Island). Since 2019, Cobb Island's population has grown faster (+37.4% vs +29.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Cobb Island	Pomfret
Population	1,162	670
Median age	45.7 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$161,141	—
Median home value	$246,100	$413,300
Housing units	545	183
Homeownership rate	85.6%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	52.5%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cobb Island	Pomfret
Population	846 → 1,162 (+37.4%)	519 → 670 (+29.1%)
Median household income	$97,344 → $161,141 (+65.5%)	$108,640 → $146,406 (+34.8%)
Median home value	$336,000 → $246,100 (-26.8%)	$315,200 → $413,300 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,000 → $1,859 (-7.0%)	—

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

Pomfret

Population

519670

Median household income

$108,640$146,406

Median home value

$315,200$413,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cobb Island	Pomfret
Under 5	3.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	13.4%	14.5%
18 to 24	6.5%	18.5%
25 to 34	7.8%	8.5%
35 to 44	17.6%	5.8%
45 to 54	22.0%	10.7%
55 to 64	29.5%	7.8%
65 to 74	0.0%	11.6%
75 and over	0.0%	17.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cobb Island	Pomfret
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	11.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	37.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.1%
Asian	1.7%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	28.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	14.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cobb Island	Pomfret
No high school diploma	4.6%	15.6%
High school graduate	61.5%	17.0%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	14.9%
Bachelor's degree	1.6%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	20.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cobb Island	Pomfret
Drove alone	69.0%	97.4%
Carpooled	15.7%	2.6%
Public transit	5.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	0.0%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cobb Island	Pomfret
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

	Cobb Island	Pomfret
Poverty rate	1.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.83	3.66
Mean commute (minutes)	49	41
Median year structure built	1938	1969