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.
Cowen 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.
In Cowen, just 11.20% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Cowen in 2022 was $15,321, which is low income relative to West Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $61,284 for a family of four. Cowen also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.79% of its population below the federal poverty line.
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. Important ancestries of people in Cowen include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Cowen is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
