Cookeville is a medium-sized city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 36,657 people and 16 associated neighborhoods, Cookeville is the 24th largest community in Tennessee.Cookeville is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-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 (12.40%), food service (11.35%), and teaching (8.41%). 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. A relatively large number of people in Cookeville telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.61% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.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. The education level of Cookeville citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 35.36% of adults in Cookeville have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Cookeville in 2022 was $27,875, 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 $111,500 for a family of four. However, Cookeville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Cookeville is a very 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 11.18% 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.
