Cosby is a tiny town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 807 people and two associated neighborhoods, Cosby is the 297th largest community in Tennessee.Cosby is a blue-collar town, with 37.32% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Cosby is a town of professionals, construction workers and builders, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Cosby who work in teaching (16.56%), healthcare (13.63%), and business and financial occupations (10.90%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.39% 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. The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Cosby has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Cosby a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One downside of living in Cosby is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Cosby, the average commute to work is 49.07 minutes, which is quite a bit 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 overall education level of Cosby is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 27.01% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Cosby in 2022 was $29,697, 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 $118,788 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 German, English, Irish, Italian, and Finnish. The most common language spoken in Cosby is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
