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Cookeville, TN

35,544 Population
35.8 square miles 993.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.6 ±1.4 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 39.5 ±0.4
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,875 ±$1,456 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: $29,813 ±$867
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $37,866 ±$248
$48,501 ±$3,229 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: $53,328 ±$2,173
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $67,097 ±$360

21.9% ±2.7% (7,114  ±889) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 17% 23,670 (±1.2% / ±1,643)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 940,092 (±0.2% / ±13,987)

19.2 minutes ±1.1 (295,485  ±24,330) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 23.6 1,405,000 (±0.7 / ±49,258)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,022,190 (±0.1 / ±393,147)

Families

14,601 ±520 Number of households
  • the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 57,745 ±747
  • Tennessee: 2,768,743 ±7,134
2.2 ±0.1 (32,429  ±84) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 2.4 139,685 (±0 / ±48)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,837,352

5.8% ±2.2% (555  ±208) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 5.3% † 1,716 (±1% / ±326)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 85,197 (±0.2% / ±2,585)

Housing

15,881 ±439 Number of housing units
  • the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 64,349 ±119
  • Tennessee: 3,095,472 ±769

$263,800 ±$12,331 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: $212,000 ±$6,109
  • a little higher than the amount in Tennessee: $256,800 ±$1,438

23.2% ±2.8% (8,119  ±987.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 13.3% 18,886 (±1.1% / ±1,577)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 13.3% 919,678 (±0.2% / ±13,430.5)

Social

88% ±4.4% (17,830  ±1,012.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 85.9% 83,650 (±2% / ±1,997)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 89.6% 4,306,036 (±0.4% / ±17,365.1)
35.4% ±2.8% (7,165  ±600.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 22.1% 21,480 (±1.1% / ±1,060.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

7.6% ±1.5% (2,712  ±536) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 3.5% 4,979
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Tennessee: 5.9% 411,840

4.9% ±0.9% (1,388  ±246) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Cookeville, TN Micro Area: 6.8% 7,756 (±0.6% / ±666)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tennessee: 7.5% 406,307 (±0.1% / ±4,679)
1,388 Total veterans ±246 1,282 Male ±238 106 Female ±55

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