Tennessee · Census place 4718540
Crossville, Tennessee
Crossville is a city in Cumberland County, Tennessee with an estimated 12,785 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 51st largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 12,785
- #51 of 232 in Tennessee
- Change since 2020
- +5.8%
- +704 people
- Land area
- 20.5 sq mi
- + 0.42 sq mi water
- Density
- 625 / sq mi
- State median 947
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Crossville population, 2020 to 2024
Crossville added 704 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.8%. In the latest year it moved by +141. Among 104 Tennessee places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 38th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Tennessee has 12,136 people, so Crossville is 1.1 times that size.
Crossville covers 20.45 square miles of land and 0.42 of water, for 625 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Crossville is less dense than the typical town.
What county Crossville is in
All of Crossville's residents live in Cumberland County, which had 65,618 residents in 2024. Crossville holds 19.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Crossville
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Crossville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 38555, 38571. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Crossville is
The Census internal point of Crossville is at 35.953400, -85.030200. Nashville, the capital, is 99.1 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cookeville, TN (37,102 people), 30.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Knoxville, TN, 60.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.953400, -85.030200
- DMS
- 35°57'12.24"N 85°01'48.72"W
- UTM
- 16N 677648.7E 3980573.2N
- Geohash
- dn7s914gs
- Plus code
- 867PXX39+9W
Daylight in Crossville
At 35.95° N, Crossville gets about 14 h 36 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 43 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 53 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Crossville
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Monterey, 18.6 miles away, with 2,796 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Crossville, TN?
12,785 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 704 (5.8%) from 12,081 in July 2020.
What county is Crossville in?
Cumberland County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Crossville?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 38555, 38571.
How far is Crossville from Nashville?
99.1 miles (159.4 km) in a straight line, heading W from Crossville.
What is the nearest larger city to Crossville?
Cookeville, TN, with 37,102 residents, 30.1 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.