Cookeville is a medium-sized city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 35,988 people and 16 associated neighborhoods, Cookeville is the 24th largest community in Tennessee.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Cookeville is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Cookeville is a city of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Cookeville who work in sales jobs (12.48%), food service (10.39%), and management occupations (8.76%). Also of interest is that Cookeville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. In addition, Cookeville is a college town. There are a lot of students in Cookeville attending college, and as a result Cookeville provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students. Cookeville is a decent-sized city, yet no one gets to work using public transit, because the city has no real transit system.The citizens of Cookeville are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 34.17% of adults in Cookeville have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Cookeville in 2022 was $27,359, which is middle income relative to Tennessee, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $109,436 for a family of four. However, Cookeville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Cookeville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Cookeville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cookeville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Cookeville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.09% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Cookeville include English, German, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Cookeville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
