Cobalt vs Mine La Motte

A side-by-side comparison of Cobalt and Mine La Motte: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cobalt has the higher population (318 vs 154 in Mine La Motte). Since 2019, Cobalt's population has grown faster (+24.2% vs -47.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Cobalt	Mine La Motte
Population	318	154
Median age	37.5 yrs	61.5 yrs
Median household income	$28,542	—
Median home value	$76,700	—
Median gross rent	$816	—
Housing units	133	98
Homeownership rate	57.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.2%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cobalt	Mine La Motte
Population	256 → 318 (+24.2%)	295 → 154 (-47.8%)
Median household income	$30,227 → $28,542 (-5.6%)	$31,308 → $93,711 (+199.3%)
Median home value	$28,400 → $76,700 (+170.1%)	$96,400 → $88,400 (-8.3%)
Median gross rent	$561 → $816 (+45.5%)	—

Cobalt

Population

256318

Median household income

$30,227$28,542

Median home value

$28,400$76,700

Median gross rent

$561$816

Mine La Motte

Population

295154

Median household income

$31,308$93,711

Median home value

$96,400$88,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cobalt	Mine La Motte
Under 5	4.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.5%	6.5%
18 to 24	1.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	23.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	6.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	19.5%	33.8%
55 to 64	8.5%	14.3%
65 to 74	9.4%	40.3%
75 and over	7.5%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cobalt	Mine La Motte
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	8.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cobalt	Mine La Motte
No high school diploma	15.7%	27.1%
High school graduate	41.5%	21.5%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cobalt	Mine La Motte
Drove alone	72.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	25.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cobalt	Mine La Motte
1-unit, detached	72.2%	39.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.5%	60.2%

Poverty & households

	Cobalt	Mine La Motte
Poverty rate	33.3%	26.6%
Average household size	2.61	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	17	—
Median year structure built	1960	1989