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.Unlike some towns, Cosby isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Cosby are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Cosby is a town of managers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Cosby who work in business and financial occupations (15.30%), sales jobs (13.93%), and management occupations (11.48%). Also of interest is that Cosby has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Cosby telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 12.02% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 45.33 minutes every day commuting to work. Cosby is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The education level of Cosby citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.54% of adults in Cosby have at least a bachelor's 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.
