Because there are quite a few people attending college in Cookeville, it is thought of as a college town. To the benefit of the many students in the area, Cookeville provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards their needs and activities.
Cookeville, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the city.
The city of Cookeville is a decent size, but despite this, it doesn't have a viable public transit system that people can use to get to work.
The education level of Cookeville citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 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.
