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, Cookeville isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Cookeville are a mix 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. Cookeville is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Cookeville enrolled in college, Cookeville has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students. Even though Cookeville is not a small city, it doesn't have a public transportation system that anybody uses for their daily commute to work.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.
