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!) Cowen 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. Cowen has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Cowen than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Cowen may be for you.
As is often the case in a small town, Cowen doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In Cowen, just 7.77% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Cowen in 2022 was $15,351, which is low income relative to West Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $61,404 for a family of four. However, Cowen contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Cowen also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 35.88% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Cowen is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Cowen home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cowen residents report their race to be White. Cowen also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.10% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Cowen include Irish, German, Dutch, Italian, and English.
The most common language spoken in Cowen is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
