Baxter vs Cookeville

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

Baxter 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 1,278 in Baxter). Baxter has the higher median household income ($56,806 vs $48,501 in Cookeville). Cookeville has the higher median home value ($263,800 vs $198,800 in Baxter).

Population, income & housing

	Baxter	Cookeville
Population	1,278	35,544
Median age	40.8 yrs	29.6 yrs
Median household income	$56,806	$48,501
Median home value	$198,800	$263,800
Median gross rent	$850	$885
Housing units	690	15,881
Homeownership rate	66.2%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baxter	Cookeville
Population	1,546 → 1,278 (-17.3%)	33,454 → 35,544 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$41,985 → $56,806 (+35.3%)	$38,256 → $48,501 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$120,200 → $198,800 (+65.4%)	$166,700 → $263,800 (+58.2%)
Median gross rent	$592 → $850 (+43.6%)	$730 → $885 (+21.2%)

Baxter

Population

1,5461,278

Median household income

$41,985$56,806

Median home value

$120,200$198,800

Median gross rent

$592$850

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)

	Baxter	Cookeville
Under 5	4.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	14.4%	14.3%
18 to 24	5.7%	23.0%
25 to 34	12.1%	14.5%
35 to 44	15.6%	10.1%
45 to 54	13.3%	10.1%
55 to 64	12.2%	8.9%
65 to 74	16.0%	7.3%
75 and over	5.9%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baxter	Cookeville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	79.5%
Black or African American	1.3%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.4%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baxter	Cookeville
No high school diploma	11.9%	12.0%
High school graduate	50.3%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baxter	Cookeville
Drove alone	71.1%	78.1%
Carpooled	13.4%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	13.8%	7.6%
Other means	1.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baxter	Cookeville
1-unit, detached	69.1%	50.4%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	17.0%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	22.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	15.8%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Baxter	Cookeville
Poverty rate	22.6%	21.9%
Average household size	2.34	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1988	1990