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.

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.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 12.02% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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 is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Cosby, the average commute to work is 45.33 minutes, which is quite a bit 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 citizens of Cosby are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.54% of adults in Cosby having a bachelor's degree or advanced 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.