Chattanooga Valley vs LaFayette

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

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

LaFayette has the higher population (6,944 vs 4,298 in Chattanooga Valley). Chattanooga Valley has the higher median household income ($44,308 vs $39,820 in LaFayette). Chattanooga Valley has the higher median home value ($168,800 vs $135,100 in LaFayette).

Population, income & housing

	Chattanooga Valley	LaFayette
Population	4,298	6,944
Median age	38.2 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$44,308	$39,820
Median home value	$168,800	$135,100
Median gross rent	$856	$812
Housing units	1,619	3,228
Homeownership rate	84.6%	52.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chattanooga Valley	LaFayette
Population	3,186 → 4,298 (+34.9%)	7,237 → 6,944 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$34,621 → $44,308 (+28.0%)	$30,615 → $39,820 (+30.1%)
Median home value	$106,500 → $168,800 (+58.5%)	$93,500 → $135,100 (+44.5%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $856 (+8.6%)	$659 → $812 (+23.2%)

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

LaFayette

Population

7,2376,944

Median household income

$30,615$39,820

Median home value

$93,500$135,100

Median gross rent

$659$812

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chattanooga Valley	LaFayette
Under 5	8.7%	5.8%
5 to 17	17.8%	12.4%
18 to 24	3.5%	8.7%
25 to 34	16.5%	13.3%
35 to 44	10.7%	12.8%
45 to 54	10.2%	14.4%
55 to 64	12.5%	11.7%
65 to 74	10.2%	11.3%
75 and over	10.0%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chattanooga Valley	LaFayette
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	83.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chattanooga Valley	LaFayette
No high school diploma	16.6%	12.9%
High school graduate	32.2%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chattanooga Valley	LaFayette
Drove alone	78.2%	75.8%
Carpooled	7.6%	14.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chattanooga Valley	LaFayette
1-unit, detached	79.1%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	12.3%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Chattanooga Valley	LaFayette
Poverty rate	27.4%	18.1%
Average household size	2.81	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1970	1965