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Cosby, TN

521 Population
5.5 square miles 94.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.8 ±17.9 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Newport, TN Micro Area: 45.4 ±0.3
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,353 ±$6,398 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Newport, TN Micro Area: $27,442 ±$1,943
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $37,866 ±$248
N/A Median household income

28.8% ±20.6% (150  ±130) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Newport, TN Micro Area: 20.3% † 7,275 (±2.8% / ±987)
  • more than double the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 940,092 (±0.2% / ±13,987)

53.4 minutes ±66.3 (12,550  ±10,191) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in the Newport, TN Micro Area: 31.8 453,725 (±2.1 / ±36,147)
  • more than double the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,022,190 (±0.1 / ±393,147)

Families

247 ±99 Number of households
  • the Newport, TN Micro Area: 15,123 ±451
  • Tennessee: 2,768,743 ±7,134
2.1 ±0.6 (521  ±254) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Newport, TN Micro Area: 2.4 36,148 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,837,352

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

Housing

332 ±124 Number of housing units
  • the Newport, TN Micro Area: 17,883 ±28
  • Tennessee: 3,095,472 ±769

$160,300 ±$42,532 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Newport, TN Micro Area: $141,800 ±$13,533
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $256,800 ±$1,438

32.1% ±24.3% (167  ±150.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Newport, TN Micro Area: 8.6% † 3,129 (±1.7% / ±630.9)
  • more than double the rate in Tennessee: 13.3% 919,678 (±0.2% / ±13,430.5)

Social

90.4% ±55% (397  ±142.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Newport, TN Micro Area: 83.7% 22,161 (±4.1% / ±1,099.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 89.6% 4,306,036 (±0.4% / ±17,365.1)
22.3% ±11.8% (98  ±70.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in the Newport, TN Micro Area: 11.7% † 3,085 (±1.6% / ±425.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tennessee: 30.4% 1,460,501 (±0.2% / ±10,274.8)

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

2.3% ±3.3% (12  ±18) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Newport, TN Micro Area: 1.2% 436
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 5.9% 411,840

9.1% ±3.5% (40  ±25) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Newport, TN Micro Area: 8.5% † 2,468 (±1.3% / ±370)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 7.5% 406,307 (±0.1% / ±4,679)
40 Total veterans ±25 40 Male ±25 N/A Female ±14

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