Amazonia vs Cosby

A side-by-side comparison of Amazonia and Cosby: population, income, housing, and more.

Amazonia and Cosby are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Amazonia has the higher population (302 vs 170 in Cosby). Amazonia has the higher median household income ($85,556 vs $58,125 in Cosby). Cosby has the higher median home value ($115,000 vs $85,000 in Amazonia).

Population, income & housing

	Amazonia	Cosby
Population	302	170
Median age	30.3 yrs	27.3 yrs
Median household income	$85,556	$58,125
Median home value	$85,000	$115,000
Median gross rent	—	$728
Housing units	90	68
Homeownership rate	89.3%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.7%	5.1%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amazonia	Cosby
Population	267 → 302 (+13.1%)	213 → 170 (-20.2%)
Median household income	$26,250 → $85,556 (+225.9%)	$62,250 → $58,125 (-6.6%)
Median home value	$63,100 → $85,000 (+34.7%)	$79,400 → $115,000 (+44.8%)
Median gross rent	$779 → $913 (+17.2%)	$635 → $728 (+14.6%)

Amazonia

Population

267302

Median household income

$26,250$85,556

Median home value

$63,100$85,000

Median gross rent

$779$913

Cosby

Population

213170

Median household income

$62,250$58,125

Median home value

$79,400$115,000

Median gross rent

$635$728

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amazonia	Cosby
Under 5	2.3%	4.1%
5 to 17	34.4%	27.1%
18 to 24	2.3%	11.2%
25 to 34	22.8%	20.6%
35 to 44	7.6%	9.4%
45 to 54	12.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	7.3%	7.6%
65 to 74	9.6%	0.6%
75 and over	1.0%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amazonia	Cosby
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amazonia	Cosby
No high school diploma	4.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	57.1%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	56.1%
Bachelor's degree	2.7%	3.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amazonia	Cosby
Drove alone	77.3%	72.5%
Carpooled	16.3%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	21.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amazonia	Cosby
1-unit, detached	72.2%	79.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.8%	20.6%

Poverty & households

	Amazonia	Cosby
Poverty rate	1.3%	2.4%
Average household size	3.60	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1965	1942