Real estate · Small-town market · Tennessee
Real estate businesses in the Cookeville, TN area
How the Cookeville, TN area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for real estate businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #272 of 536 scored small-town markets
#14 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee
- Listings
- 162
- 18 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 47
- +59.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $795.9M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,560 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 113
- 13% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 27.6
- 28% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 152,477
- +7.6% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Cookeville area spend about $795.9M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $13,560 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 13% above the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money real estate businesses take in.
There are 162 real estate businesses on map listings in the Cookeville area as of September 2026. Of those, 18 are chain locations, or 11%, against 6% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 27.6, 28% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in the Cookeville area was 47 in 2023, up 59.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,249 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Official counts also show 605 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show the Cookeville area grew 7.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for real estate businesses in the Cookeville area is 50 (upper middle), #272 of 536 scored small-town markets and #14 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee.
How the Cookeville area compares
The same measures for Tennessee and the whole U.S. Housing spending per listing divides all rent and homeowner costs by the listings counted: a measure of housing demand for each business, not money any of them take in, so it is shown against the U.S. (100) only. Households per establishment divides households by the official count.
| Measure | Cookeville area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 27.6 | 36.7 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 113 | 93 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,249 | 736 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +59.3% | +19.2% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.6% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,560 | $14,833 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $55,380 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 47+59.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 149
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 605Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 16218 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 184The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in the Cookeville area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in the Cookeville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 152,477+7.6% since 2020
- Households
- 58,693
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,520 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 96
- Median household income
- $55,380
- Average household income
- $75,930
- Median home value
- $237,000
- Jobs located here
- 55,382
- Daytime population
- 142,620Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Tennessee market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Tennessee for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with the Cookeville area marked.
Top small-town markets in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Shelbyville, TN | 81 | 31 | 15.9 | 209 | +9.7% | #7 of 536 |
| 2Lewisburg, TN | 75 | 26 | 19.1 | 178 | +10.5% | #31 of 536 |
| 3Dyersburg, TN | 70 | 18 | 12.2 | 259 | −1.1% | #48 of 536 |
| 4Fayetteville, TN | 70 | 29 | 19.5 | 168 | +4.3% | #50 of 536 |
| 5Winchester, TN | 70 | 36 | 20.6 | 158 | +6.4% | #51 of 536 |
| 6McMinnville, TN | 67 | 32 | 19.7 | 156 | +6.5% | #69 of 536 |
| 7Newport, TN | 66 | 27 | 17.4 | 169 | +5.1% | #80 of 536 |
| 8Martin, TN | 63 | 21 | 15.7 | 193 | +1.1% | #104 of 536 |
| 9Athens, TN | 63 | 66 | 24.9 | 129 | +8.2% | #110 of 536 |
| 10Union City, TN | 59 | 16 | 12.8 | 238 | −2.3% | #140 of 536 |
| 14Cookeville, TN | 50 | 162 | 27.6 | 113 | +7.6% | #272 of 536 |
Other business types in the Cookeville area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate businesses are in the Cookeville, TN area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 162 real estate businesses in the Cookeville area. 18 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 47 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023, up 59.3% from 2019. Another 605 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Cookeville, TN area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $795.9M a year, or $13,560 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 162 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 13% above the U.S. figure. That figure is all rent and homeowner costs, used as a measure of housing demand; it is not money real estate businesses take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 58,693 households in the Cookeville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Cookeville, TN area compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
The Cookeville area has 27.6 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 113, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, the Cookeville area would have about 184, against 162 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,249 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. The official count rose 59.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +15.8% for the U.S.
How fast is the Cookeville, TN area growing?
Population estimates put the Cookeville area at 152,477 people in 2025, up 7.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 58,693 households. Median household income in the Cookeville area is $55,380, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Cookeville area scores 50 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #272 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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