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Cos Cob CDP, Connecticut: commercial real estate data.
Cos Cob CDP is a Census CDP of 7,546 people across 2.15 square miles of land, in Western Connecticut Planning Region. Median household income is $190,481, 66.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 12 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $9.2 m.
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Cos Cob
What Cos Cob is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area2.15 sq mi
- Water area0.12 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,506
- County holding the largest share of its areaWestern Connecticut Planning Region, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Cos Cob
How many people live in Cos Cob
- Population7,546
- Median age39.6
- Population under 182,208
- Share under 1829.3 percent
- Population 65 and over1,166 plus or minus 265
- Share 65 and over15.5 percent
- Households2,747
- Family households2,121
- Share of households that are families77.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Cos Cob
Income and work in Cos Cob
- Median household income$190,481
- Per capita income$104,168
- Civilian labor force4,080
- Employed3,807
- Unemployed273 plus or minus 127
- Unemployment rate6.7 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Adults 25 and over4,939
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher70.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree36.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Cos Cob
Housing in Cos Cob
- Housing units2,836
- Occupied units2,747
- Vacant units89 plus or minus 70
- Vacancy rate3.1 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Owner occupied1,833
- Renter occupied914 plus or minus 256
- Ownership rate66.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$1,210,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$3,067 plus or minus $701
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.3 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Single family units1,979
- Share single family69.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more851 plus or minus 263
- Share in buildings of two or more30.0 percent plus or minus 8.8
- Mobile homes6 plus or minus 9
- Median year structure built1959
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Cos Cob
How Cos Cob gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,621
- Commuting under 15 minutes827 plus or minus 237
- Share commuting under 15 minutes31.6 percent plus or minus 7.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,010 plus or minus 231
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more38.5 percent
- Drove alone52.0 percent
- Carpooled4.5 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Public transport9.6 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Walked2.9 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Worked from home30.0 percent plus or minus 6.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Cos Cob
SBA loans in Cos Cob (7(a))
- Approvals12
- Gross approval$9,221,500
- Average approval$768,458
- Median approval$670,500
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,761,600
- Largest approval$2,500,000
- Jobs supported124
- Jobs per approval10.3
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more8.3 percent
- Share to franchises8.3 percent
- Distinct lenders9
- Distinct industries by NAICS9
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Cos Cob
SBA loans in Cos Cob (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$612,000
- Average approval$612,000
- Median approval$612,000
- Largest approval$612,000
- Jobs supported2
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Western Connecticut Planning Region, not Cos Cob
Western Connecticut Planning Region context, not Cos Cob figures
These are Western Connecticut Planning Region figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Cos Cob measurements.
- Establishments in Western Connecticut Planning Region19,955
- Employment at those establishments, Western Connecticut Planning Region292,288
- Covered employment, Western Connecticut Planning Region287,189
- Average annual pay, Western Connecticut Planning Region$129,052
- Average weekly wage, Western Connecticut Planning Region$2,482
- Housing units permitted, Western Connecticut Planning Region1,094
- Of those, single family, Western Connecticut Planning Region389
- County product, 2024, Western Connecticut Planning Region$76,343,680,000
- Average income of an arriving household, Western Connecticut Planning Region$254,936
Every figure in this section is published for Western Connecticut Planning Region as a whole and is not a measurement of Cos Cob. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Cos Cob questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Cos Cob, Connecticut?
7,546, in 2,747 households. Cos Cob CDP covers 2.15 square miles of land, which is 3,506 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Cos Cob in?
Western Connecticut Planning Region, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Cos Cob?
$190,481. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $1,210,400. Median gross rent is $3,067 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Cos Cob businesses?
12 7(a) approvals totalling $9.2 m, across 9 lenders, median approval $670,500, plus 1 504 approvals worth $612,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Cos Cob, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Cos Cob borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Cos Cob. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Cos Cob figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Western Connecticut Planning Region as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Cos Cob.
Is zoning published for Cos Cob?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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