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Cookeville, TN

36,088 Population
35.8 square miles 1,008.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.8 ±1.4 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 39.7 ±0.4
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,350 ±$1,632 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: $31,174 ±$898
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
$51,375 ±$3,726 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: $55,380 ±$2,166
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429

23.5% ±3.1% (7,714  ±1,029) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 17.2% 24,254 (±1.5% / ±2,149)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)

19 minutes ±0.9 (291,900  ±23,093) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 23.3 1,384,010 (±0.6 / ±47,710)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)

Families

14,814 ±488 Number of households
  • the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 58,693 ±569
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
2.2 ±0.1 (32,786  ±117) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 2.4 141,567 (±0 / ±47)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933

5.5% ±1.7% (541  ±174) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 5.6% † 1,835 (±1% / ±329)
  • a little higher than the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)

Housing

16,024 ±452 Number of housing units
  • the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 65,101 ±86
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903

$305,400 ±$17,384 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: $237,000 ±$6,891
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492

20.3% ±2.9% (7,231  ±1,034.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 12.1% 17,363 (±1.2% / ±1,668.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)

Social

88.4% ±4% (18,469  ±967) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 86.6% 85,773 (±2.1% / ±2,067.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,385,619 (±0.4% / ±18,161)
34.8% ±2.7% (7,266  ±590.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 23% 22,754 (±1.1% / ±1,106.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)

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

9.3% ±1.6% (3,340  ±591) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 3.6% 5,206
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545

5% ±1% (1,458  ±306) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 6.5% 7,504 (±0.6% / ±660)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
1,458 Total veterans ±306 1,320 Male ±295 138 Female ±75

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