Tennessee · Census place 4749760
Monterey, Tennessee
Monterey is a town in Putnam County, Tennessee with an estimated 2,796 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 142nd largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,796
- #142 of 232 in Tennessee
- Change since 2020
- +1.7%
- +47 people
- Land area
- 3.0 sq mi
- Density
- 923 / sq mi
- State median 947
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Monterey population, 2020 to 2024
Monterey added 47 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.7%. In the latest year it moved by +41.
Monterey covers 3.03 square miles of land, for 923 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Monterey is close to the typical town.
What county Monterey is in
All of Monterey's residents live in Putnam County, which had 84,894 residents in 2024. Monterey holds 3.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Monterey
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Monterey by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 38574. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Monterey is
The Census internal point of Monterey is at 36.144600, -85.264300. Nashville, the capital, is 84.8 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Algood, TN (4,104 people), 10.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Murfreesboro, TN, 67.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.144600, -85.264300
- DMS
- 36°08'40.56"N 85°15'51.48"W
- UTM
- 16N 656155.8E 4001382.2N
- Geohash
- dn7megbmt
- Plus code
- 868P4PVP+R7
Daylight in Monterey
At 36.14° N, Monterey gets about 14 h 37 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 42 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 55 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Monterey
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Algood, 10.9 miles away, with 4,104 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Monterey, TN?
2,796 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 47 (1.7%) from 2,749 in July 2020.
What county is Monterey in?
Putnam County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Monterey?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 38574.
How far is Monterey from Nashville?
84.8 miles (136.5 km) in a straight line, heading W from Monterey.
What is the nearest larger city to Monterey?
Algood, TN, with 4,104 residents, 10.9 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.