City safety & data profile

CookevilleTN

Cookeville, TN is a 32K-resident city in Putnam County with a median household income of $51,375.

Putnam County, Tennessee. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Cookeville, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Cookeville has a population larger than 65% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $305,400, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

32K
Population (place)
Top 35%
By size
$51,375
Median income (place)
$305,400
Median home (place)
23.5%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Cookeville

Cookeville posts a median household income higher than 11% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Cookeville area.

Bottom 12%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Cookeville

Where Cookeville income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$51,375 Bottom 11% higher than 11% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Cookeville $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in TN

Population among 58 TN places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Memphis is the largest TN city on this list; Brentwood leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in TN

Median household income among the same 58-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Brentwood posts the highest place-level median income in TN; Memphis is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Cookeville, TN beyond the headline numbers

Cookeville sits inside Putnam County, Tennessee, at roughly 36.16°N, -85.50°W. Population 32,113, $51,375 median household income. Median home value $305,400, median rent $917. Poverty rate 23.5%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Cookeville, 2/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

23.5% of Cookeville, TN residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

The median home in Cookeville costs around 5.9 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

Remote work covers 10.7% of Cookeville workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, frequent mental distress departs furthest from its peer median: 21.9% in Cookeville, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Cookeville's median age is 29.8 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Cookeville from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
32,113
Cookeville · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$51,375
-43% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$305,400
-26% vs avg
Median Age (place)
29.8
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Putnam County): Cookeville's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
83K+14%
Median Income
$58,912+75%
Median Home Value
$282,500+109%
Poverty Rate
18.4%-31%
Unemployment
3.7%-63%

Economics

Economics indicators for Cookeville, TN
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$917/mo
Poverty Rate
23.5% +90% vs avg
Unemployment 3.8%
Bachelor's Degree+ 34.8%
Work From Home 10.7%
Public Transit 0.4%

Population

White 81.2%
African American 3.5%
Asian 1.9%
Two or More Ethnicities 1.4%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
37%
Obesity
36.5%
High Blood Pressure
33.9%
Physical Inactivity
25.1%
Frequent Mental Distress
21.9%
Current Smoking
16.5%
Frequent Physical Distress
14.6%
Binge Drinking
14.6%
Lack of Health Insurance
13.3%
Current Asthma
11.2%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 54%
Annual Checkup 75%

Other Measures

Diabetes
10.9%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.1%
Stroke
3.2%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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Average Rating
2/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
COOKEVILLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
COOKEVILLE · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★☆☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Cookeville?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Cookeville right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet TN-COOKEVILLE · Cookeville

Cookeville: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Cookeville; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Tennessee state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Cookeville, TN? ▼
Cookeville, TN has a population of 32,113 people, located in Putnam County, Tennessee.
What is the median household income in Cookeville? ▼
The median household income in Cookeville, TN is $51,375 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 23.5%.
What is the median home value in Cookeville? ▼
The median home value in Cookeville, TN is $305,400. Median rent is $917/month.
What are the top health concerns in Cookeville? ▼
The top health indicators in Cookeville include Short Sleep Duration (37%), Obesity (36.5%), High Blood Pressure (33.9%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Cookeville? ▼
Cookeville has 1 hospital with an average rating of 2/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Cookeville? ▼
The median age in Cookeville, TN is 29.8 years. 34.8% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Cookeville, both outside Tennessee so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside TN (23.5% here).

Shreveport, LA 23.5% Mansfield, OH 23.5% Tifton, GA 23.5% Clarksburg, WV 23.5%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside TN ($51,375 here).

Jacksonville, TX $51,375 Niles, MI $51,376 Bardstown, KY $51,381 Morganton, NC $51,355

Compare Cookeville with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Crossville, TN 11K McMinnville, TN 14K Lebanon, TN 30K Manchester, TN 11K Glasgow, KY 14K Murfreesboro, TN 165K Gallatin, TN 34K Soddy-Daisy, TN 13K
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Using Cookeville's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Cookeville area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Cookeville against Tennessee peers on any ranking lens. Explore Tennessee

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Putnam County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.