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, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Cosby who work in business and financial occupations (19.30%), sales jobs (15.44%), and management occupations (15.09%). 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 17.54% 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. 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. 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 47.14 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 citizens of Cosby are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.32% of adults in Cosby having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Cosby in 2022 was $25,353, which is lower middle income relative to Tennessee, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $101,412 for a family of four. 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, Irish, English, Scottish, and Finnish. The most common language spoken in Cosby is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
