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Cosby, TN

779 Population
5.5 square miles 140.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.3 ±4.3 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Newport, TN Micro Area: 45.3 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,697 ±$6,898 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Newport, TN Micro Area: $28,260 ±$1,997
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$91,563 ±$39,723 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in the Newport, TN Micro Area: $48,016 ±$3,856
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.3% ±10.2% (96  ±91) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Newport, TN Micro Area: 21.9% † 7,934 (±3% / ±1,088)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

52.6 minutes ±40.6 (23,005  ±11,963) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Newport, TN Micro Area: 32.8 483,150 (±2 / ±39,110)
  • about double the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • about double the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

303 ±122 Number of households
  • the Newport, TN Micro Area: 15,509 ±442
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.6 (779  ±360) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Newport, TN Micro Area: 2.4 36,449 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • a little higher than the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

347 ±131 Number of housing units
  • the Newport, TN Micro Area: 17,957 ±52
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$-666,666,700 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • less than 10 percent of the amount in the Newport, TN Micro Area: $158,100 ±$11,364
  • less than 10 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • less than 10 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

43% ±38.4% (335  ±336.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Newport, TN Micro Area: 9% † 3,296 (±2.1% / ±757.3)
  • more than double the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.4% ±56% (587  ±210.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Newport, TN Micro Area: 84.9% 22,758 (±3.9% / ±1,061.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,385,619 (±0.4% / ±18,161)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
27% ±13.6% (168  ±115.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in the Newport, TN Micro Area: 11% † 2,946 (±1.7% / ±445.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.3% ±2% (10  ±16) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Newport, TN Micro Area: 1.2% 438
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.1% ±4% (27  ±29) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Newport, TN Micro Area: 8.2% † 2,398 (±1.2% / ±342)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
27 Total veterans ±29 27 Male ±29 N/A Female ±14

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