Cohasset is a very small city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 2,714 people and two associated neighborhoods, Cohasset is the 267th largest community in Minnesota.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 13.75% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Because of many things, Cohasset is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Cohasset a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The city’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Cohasset has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Cohasset’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.

It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Cohasset has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Cohasset has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Cohasset than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Cohasset may be for you.

Cohasset is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

In terms of college education, Cohasset is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 32.97% of adults in Cohasset have a college degree.

The per capita income in Cohasset in 2022 was $51,118, which is wealthy relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $204,472 for a family of four. However, Cohasset contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Cohasset is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Cohasset home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cohasset residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Cohasset include German, Norwegian, Irish, English, and Finnish.

The most common language spoken in Cohasset is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.