Algood vs Cookeville

A side-by-side comparison of Algood and Cookeville: population, income, housing, and more.

Algood and Cookeville are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cookeville has the higher population (35,544 vs 4,002 in Algood). Cookeville has the higher median household income ($48,501 vs $40,514 in Algood). Cookeville has the higher median home value ($263,800 vs $179,400 in Algood).

Population, income & housing

	Algood	Cookeville
Population	4,002	35,544
Median age	40.5 yrs	29.6 yrs
Median household income	$40,514	$48,501
Median home value	$179,400	$263,800
Median gross rent	$822	$885
Housing units	1,828	15,881
Homeownership rate	50.6%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Algood	Cookeville
Population	4,228 → 4,002 (-5.3%)	33,454 → 35,544 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$34,043 → $40,514 (+19.0%)	$38,256 → $48,501 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$140,100 → $179,400 (+28.1%)	$166,700 → $263,800 (+58.2%)
Median gross rent	$801 → $822 (+2.6%)	$730 → $885 (+21.2%)

Algood

Population

4,2284,002

Median household income

$34,043$40,514

Median home value

$140,100$179,400

Median gross rent

$801$822

Cookeville

Population

33,45435,544

Median household income

$38,256$48,501

Median home value

$166,700$263,800

Median gross rent

$730$885

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Algood	Cookeville
Under 5	1.9%	5.6%
5 to 17	24.5%	14.3%
18 to 24	6.8%	23.0%
25 to 34	11.4%	14.5%
35 to 44	10.7%	10.1%
45 to 54	10.1%	10.1%
55 to 64	14.0%	8.9%
65 to 74	9.3%	7.3%
75 and over	11.4%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Algood	Cookeville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	79.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Algood	Cookeville
No high school diploma	19.9%	12.0%
High school graduate	32.1%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	19.4%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Algood	Cookeville
Drove alone	71.4%	78.1%
Carpooled	21.0%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	3.3%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.3%	7.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Algood	Cookeville
1-unit, detached	64.7%	50.4%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	16.3%	17.0%
5 to 19 units	13.2%	22.6%
20 or more units	3.5%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Algood	Cookeville
Poverty rate	24.6%	21.9%
Average household size	2.23	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1995	1990