Jermyn vs Mount Cobb

A side-by-side comparison of Jermyn and Mount Cobb: population, income, housing, and more.

Jermyn and Mount Cobb are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mount Cobb has the higher population (2,063 vs 2,026 in Jermyn). Mount Cobb has the higher median household income ($96,818 vs $59,133 in Jermyn). Mount Cobb has the higher median home value ($270,900 vs $185,900 in Jermyn).

Population, income & housing

	Jermyn	Mount Cobb
Population	2,026	2,063
Median age	42.7 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$59,133	$96,818
Median home value	$185,900	$270,900
Median gross rent	$776	—
Housing units	1,062	761
Homeownership rate	69.5%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	28.1%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jermyn	Mount Cobb
Population	2,080 → 2,026 (-2.6%)	1,875 → 2,063 (+10.0%)
Median household income	$48,934 → $59,133 (+20.8%)	$66,923 → $96,818 (+44.7%)
Median home value	$122,300 → $185,900 (+52.0%)	$229,100 → $270,900 (+18.2%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $776 (+7.9%)	—

Jermyn

Population

2,0802,026

Median household income

$48,934$59,133

Median home value

$122,300$185,900

Median gross rent

$719$776

Mount Cobb

Population

1,8752,063

Median household income

$66,923$96,818

Median home value

$229,100$270,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jermyn	Mount Cobb
Under 5	6.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	14.9%	22.2%
18 to 24	4.3%	18.7%
25 to 34	11.8%	7.2%
35 to 44	14.6%	11.6%
45 to 54	12.1%	14.5%
55 to 64	17.1%	8.4%
65 to 74	13.7%	9.6%
75 and over	5.5%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jermyn	Mount Cobb
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jermyn	Mount Cobb
No high school diploma	5.5%	17.9%
High school graduate	37.4%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jermyn	Mount Cobb
Drove alone	86.9%	77.3%
Carpooled	2.9%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	10.3%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jermyn	Mount Cobb
1-unit, detached	69.9%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.9%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Jermyn	Mount Cobb
Poverty rate	9.8%	10.4%
Average household size	2.12	3.33
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1951	1980