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Cookeville, TN ZIP Codes

5 ZIP codes use the postal name Cookeville, Tennessee (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 4 residential and 1 for PO boxes or a single organization. Median household income runs from $52,145 in 38501 to $70,279 in 38506, 1.3 times as much (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). Cookeville's most populous ZIP code is 38501, with 42,471 people (ACS 2020-2024); 24% of its land is in the city of Cookeville.

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Where are Cookeville's ZIP codes?

38501: $52k median household income38505: – median household income38506: $70k median household income385063850138501: $52k median household income38505: – median household income38506: $70k median household income385063850138501: $52k median household income38505: – median household income38506: $70k median household income3850638501
The 4 residential ZIP codes named Cookeville, shaded by median household income in national fifths (ACS 2020-2024). Select a ZIP to open it. <$54.1k$98.1k+no figure

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA cartographic boundaries; ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013).

How different are Cookeville's ZIP codes?

The highest median household income is in 38506 ($70,279), the lowest in 38501 ($52,145). Home values run from $284,600 in 38501 to $288,100 in 38506.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013, B25077, B01003).

All 4 residential ZIP codes of Cookeville

Residential ZIP codes with the postal name Cookeville, TN, largest first (ACS 2020-2024); sort by any column
County
38501 Putnam County 42,471 488 $52k $285k
38506 Putnam County 30,100 183 $70k $288k
38505 Putnam County 960 19,200 – –
38503 Putnam County no residents 0 – –

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates; 2023 Gazetteer land areas (2020 ZCTAs); town names from simplemaps US ZIP Codes (CC BY 4.0) and GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

PO Box and single-organization ZIP codes in Cookeville

1 ZIP code named Cookeville has no residential delivery area: post office boxes, or one organization (a large employer, an agency, a university) with its own code. The Census Bureau publishes no figures for them.

Cookeville, TN: ZIP codes without a residential area, for PO boxes or one organization (GeoNames postal codes; USPS does not publish openly which is which)
ZIPCounty
38502Putnam County

Source: GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0); a ZIP code with no Census ZCTA has no residential delivery area.

Which counties do Cookeville's ZIP codes reach?

Cookeville's residential ZIP codes lie in 4 counties: Putnam County (4 ZIP codes mainly there), Jackson County (part of a ZIP code), Overton County (part of a ZIP code), White County (part of a ZIP code).

Which places do Cookeville's ZIP codes cover?

A postal name is not a city limit. By the Census Bureau's places, Cookeville's residential ZIP codes cover Cookeville itself and 2 other places, each listed with the ZIP codes that have at least 5% of their land in it or hold most of the place:

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file (shares of land).

Which first three digits do Cookeville's ZIP codes use?

The first three digits of a ZIP code name the sectional center, the mail processing plant that sorts it. Every ZIP code of Cookeville starts with 385.

Three-digit prefixes of Cookeville's ZIP codes, the sectional center for each (USPS labeling list L005, effective October 1, 2026) and how many of the prefix's codes are Cookeville's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
385 Nashville, TN (SCF 370) 5 49

Source: U.S. Postal Service, labeling list L005 (3-digit ZIP Code prefix groups, SCF sortation), effective October 1, 2026.