It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Cosby 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. Cosby has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Cosby than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Cosby may be for you.
In Cosby, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 45.33 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Cosby doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Cosby are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.54% of adults in Cosby having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Cosby in 2022 was $28,729, which is middle income relative to Tennessee, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $114,916 for a family of four. However, Cosby contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Cosby home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cosby residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Cosby include Irish, German, Scottish, English, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Cosby is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
