Cobalt vs Fredericktown

A side-by-side comparison of Cobalt and Fredericktown: population, income, housing, and more.

Cobalt and Fredericktown are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fredericktown has the higher population (4,464 vs 318 in Cobalt). Fredericktown has the higher median household income ($53,681 vs $28,542 in Cobalt). Fredericktown has the higher median home value ($120,200 vs $76,700 in Cobalt).

Population, income & housing

	Cobalt	Fredericktown
Population	318	4,464
Median age	37.5 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$28,542	$53,681
Median home value	$76,700	$120,200
Median gross rent	$816	$845
Housing units	133	1,916
Homeownership rate	57.4%	57.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.2%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cobalt	Fredericktown
Population	256 → 318 (+24.2%)	3,999 → 4,464 (+11.6%)
Median household income	$30,227 → $28,542 (-5.6%)	$35,962 → $53,681 (+49.3%)
Median home value	$28,400 → $76,700 (+170.1%)	$85,900 → $120,200 (+39.9%)
Median gross rent	$561 → $816 (+45.5%)	$721 → $845 (+17.2%)

Cobalt

Population

256318

Median household income

$30,227$28,542

Median home value

$28,400$76,700

Median gross rent

$561$816

Fredericktown

Population

3,9994,464

Median household income

$35,962$53,681

Median home value

$85,900$120,200

Median gross rent

$721$845

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cobalt	Fredericktown
Under 5	4.4%	4.9%
5 to 17	19.5%	18.7%
18 to 24	1.9%	8.8%
25 to 34	23.0%	15.4%
35 to 44	6.3%	10.8%
45 to 54	19.5%	11.8%
55 to 64	8.5%	11.6%
65 to 74	9.4%	9.3%
75 and over	7.5%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cobalt	Fredericktown
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	8.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cobalt	Fredericktown
No high school diploma	15.7%	9.0%
High school graduate	41.5%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cobalt	Fredericktown
Drove alone	72.0%	72.6%
Carpooled	25.2%	16.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
Walked	2.8%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cobalt	Fredericktown
1-unit, detached	72.2%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	16.5%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Cobalt	Fredericktown
Poverty rate	33.3%	18.3%
Average household size	2.61	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	17	18
Median year structure built	1960	1968