Cookeville vs Monterey

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

Cookeville and Monterey 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 2,751 in Monterey). Cookeville has the higher median household income ($48,501 vs $42,402 in Monterey). Cookeville has the higher median home value ($263,800 vs $130,600 in Monterey).

Population, income & housing

	Cookeville	Monterey
Population	35,544	2,751
Median age	29.6 yrs	27.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,501	$42,402
Median home value	$263,800	$130,600
Median gross rent	$885	$688
Housing units	15,881	1,030
Homeownership rate	41.2%	60.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.4%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cookeville	Monterey
Population	33,454 → 35,544 (+6.2%)	2,840 → 2,751 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$38,256 → $48,501 (+26.8%)	$30,497 → $42,402 (+39.0%)
Median home value	$166,700 → $263,800 (+58.2%)	$99,000 → $130,600 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$730 → $885 (+21.2%)	$553 → $688 (+24.4%)

Cookeville

Population

33,45435,544

Median household income

$38,256$48,501

Median home value

$166,700$263,800

Median gross rent

$730$885

Monterey

Population

2,8402,751

Median household income

$30,497$42,402

Median home value

$99,000$130,600

Median gross rent

$553$688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cookeville	Monterey
Under 5	5.6%	13.2%
5 to 17	14.3%	23.9%
18 to 24	23.0%	8.5%
25 to 34	14.5%	10.7%
35 to 44	10.1%	8.5%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.1%
55 to 64	8.9%	8.8%
65 to 74	7.3%	9.1%
75 and over	6.0%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cookeville	Monterey
White (non-Hispanic)	79.5%	73.0%
Black or African American	3.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	26.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cookeville	Monterey
No high school diploma	12.0%	29.0%
High school graduate	26.7%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cookeville	Monterey
Drove alone	78.1%	82.5%
Carpooled	9.5%	13.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	3.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cookeville	Monterey
1-unit, detached	50.4%	66.6%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	17.0%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	22.6%	5.2%
20 or more units	3.6%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	14.8%

Poverty & households

	Cookeville	Monterey
Poverty rate	21.9%	26.7%
Average household size	2.22	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1990	1976