Home values, rents and more in Cookeville, TN
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Cookeville compares
The typical home in Cookeville, TN is worth about $319,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Cookeville are 10% above the typical value in the Cookeville metro area ($291,000) and 13% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Cookeville rose 1.3%, compared with +1.7% in the Cookeville metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,480 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as the Cookeville metro area ($1,513) and 23% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 2.0% over the past year.
The median household income is $51,375, against $55,380 in the Cookeville metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 36,088 people live in Cookeville (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Cookeville has the highest typical home value of the 9 cities in the Cookeville metro area and the 111th-highest of 394 in Tennessee with Zillow figures.
Part of: Putnam County, TN · Cookeville metro area · Tennessee
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.