Chattanooga Valley vs Fairview

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

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

Fairview has the higher population (5,620 vs 4,298 in Chattanooga Valley). Fairview has the higher median household income ($60,714 vs $44,308 in Chattanooga Valley). Fairview has the higher median home value ($171,500 vs $168,800 in Chattanooga Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Chattanooga Valley	Fairview
Population	4,298	5,620
Median age	38.2 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$44,308	$60,714
Median home value	$168,800	$171,500
Median gross rent	$856	$847
Housing units	1,619	2,803
Homeownership rate	84.6%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chattanooga Valley	Fairview
Population	3,186 → 4,298 (+34.9%)	6,540 → 5,620 (-14.1%)
Median household income	$34,621 → $44,308 (+28.0%)	$46,486 → $60,714 (+30.6%)
Median home value	$106,500 → $168,800 (+58.5%)	$105,600 → $171,500 (+62.4%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $856 (+8.6%)	$761 → $847 (+11.3%)

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

Fairview

Population

6,5405,620

Median household income

$46,486$60,714

Median home value

$105,600$171,500

Median gross rent

$761$847

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chattanooga Valley	Fairview
Under 5	8.7%	2.4%
5 to 17	17.8%	16.5%
18 to 24	3.5%	4.2%
25 to 34	16.5%	12.5%
35 to 44	10.7%	12.8%
45 to 54	10.2%	13.2%
55 to 64	12.5%	17.4%
65 to 74	10.2%	11.1%
75 and over	10.0%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chattanooga Valley	Fairview
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	81.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	11.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chattanooga Valley	Fairview
No high school diploma	16.6%	17.5%
High school graduate	32.2%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chattanooga Valley	Fairview
Drove alone	78.2%	83.8%
Carpooled	7.6%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chattanooga Valley	Fairview
1-unit, detached	79.1%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.3%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Chattanooga Valley	Fairview
Poverty rate	27.4%	16.4%
Average household size	2.81	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	24	33
Median year structure built	1970	1971