Chattanooga Valley vs Chickamauga

A side-by-side comparison of Chattanooga Valley and Chickamauga: population, income, housing, and more.

Chattanooga Valley and Chickamauga are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Chattanooga Valley has the higher population (4,298 vs 2,999 in Chickamauga). Chickamauga has the higher median household income ($79,176 vs $44,308 in Chattanooga Valley). Chickamauga has the higher median home value ($250,900 vs $168,800 in Chattanooga Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Chattanooga Valley	Chickamauga
Population	4,298	2,999
Median age	38.2 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$44,308	$79,176
Median home value	$168,800	$250,900
Median gross rent	$856	$721
Housing units	1,619	1,377
Homeownership rate	84.6%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	36.3%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chattanooga Valley	Chickamauga
Population	3,186 → 4,298 (+34.9%)	3,249 → 2,999 (-7.7%)
Median household income	$34,621 → $44,308 (+28.0%)	$50,101 → $79,176 (+58.0%)
Median home value	$106,500 → $168,800 (+58.5%)	$138,200 → $250,900 (+81.5%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $856 (+8.6%)	$729 → $721 (-1.1%)

Chattanooga Valley

Population

3,1864,298

Median household income

$34,621$44,308

Median home value

$106,500$168,800

Median gross rent

$788$856

Chickamauga

Population

3,2492,999

Median household income

$50,101$79,176

Median home value

$138,200$250,900

Median gross rent

$729$721

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chattanooga Valley	Chickamauga
Under 5	8.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	17.8%	16.6%
18 to 24	3.5%	7.0%
25 to 34	16.5%	5.9%
35 to 44	10.7%	17.3%
45 to 54	10.2%	14.7%
55 to 64	12.5%	15.1%
65 to 74	10.2%	12.3%
75 and over	10.0%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chattanooga Valley	Chickamauga
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	96.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.1%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chattanooga Valley	Chickamauga
No high school diploma	16.6%	2.1%
High school graduate	32.2%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chattanooga Valley	Chickamauga
Drove alone	78.2%	72.7%
Carpooled	7.6%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	21.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chattanooga Valley	Chickamauga
1-unit, detached	79.1%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	12.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chattanooga Valley	Chickamauga
Poverty rate	27.4%	4.3%
Average household size	2.81	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1970	1979