Cohasset is a very small city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 2,692 people and two associated neighborhoods, Cohasset is the 267th largest community in Minnesota.
Cohasset real estate is some of the most expensive in Minnesota, although Cohasset house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.91% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.
Because of many things, Cohasset is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Cohasset really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Cohasset perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
The city 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, Cohasset has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Cohasset a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Being a small city, Cohasset does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Cohasset is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 30.93% of adults in Cohasset have a college degree.
The per capita income in Cohasset in 2022 was $43,281, which is upper middle income relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $173,124 for a family of four. However, Cohasset contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Cohasset home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cohasset residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Cohasset include German, Norwegian, Irish, English, and Finnish.
The most common language spoken in Cohasset is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.