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 49.07 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Cosby does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
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.
