Housing Market in Cookeville
Cookeville's housing market shows a real, if modest, cooling trend -- Redfin's two most recent readings both point toward a year-over-year price decline, a consistent direction across both November 2025 and May 2026 snapshots.
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Learn moreA real, if modest, cooling trend -- not a source disagreement
Redfin cited $315,000 for November 2025 (down 4.5% YoY) and $328,000 for May 2026 (down 4.7% YoY). Unlike some markets in this dataset where sources genuinely disagree on direction, these two Cookeville readings agree: a real, modest year-over-year softening, even as the raw dollar figure moved up seasonally between the two snapshots.
Price-per-square-foot fell more steeply than the median price
Median price per square foot was cited at $165, down 14.3% year-over-year -- a notably steeper decline than the roughly 4.5%-4.7% median-price decline. This divergence is disclosed as a real, if not fully explained, feature of the underlying data rather than smoothed into one consistent trend.
A genuinely affordable market by national standards
At $315K-$328K, Cookeville's housing runs well below the national median home price and comparably to (or below) several other Tier A Tennessee markets in this dataset.
What this pass could not confirm
Days-on-market and offer-count figures specific to Cookeville were not independently resolved this pass -- disclosed as a gap rather than estimated from a comparable market.
Key takeaways
- Cookeville's median sale price ran $315K (Nov 2025) to $328K (May 2026), both readings down 4.5%-4.7% year-over-year -- a real, consistent modest cooling trend.
- Price per square foot ($165) fell a steeper 14.3% YoY than the median price -- a real, disclosed divergence in the underlying data.
- Cookeville's housing runs genuinely affordable relative to national benchmarks.
- Days-on-market and offer-count figures were not independently confirmed for Cookeville this pass.
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