Chattanooga Valley vs Rock Spring

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

Chattanooga Valley and Rock Spring 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 1,310 in Rock Spring). Rock Spring has the higher median household income ($115,455 vs $44,308 in Chattanooga Valley). Chattanooga Valley has the higher median home value ($168,800 vs $158,600 in Rock Spring).

Population, income & housing

	Chattanooga Valley	Rock Spring
Population	4,298	1,310
Median age	38.2 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$44,308	$115,455
Median home value	$168,800	$158,600
Median gross rent	$856	$656
Housing units	1,619	516
Homeownership rate	84.6%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chattanooga Valley	Rock Spring
Population	3,186 → 4,298 (+34.9%)	800 → 1,310 (+63.7%)
Median household income	$34,621 → $44,308 (+28.0%)	$61,607 → $115,455 (+87.4%)
Median home value	$106,500 → $168,800 (+58.5%)	$142,400 → $158,600 (+11.4%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $856 (+8.6%)	$545 → $656 (+20.4%)

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

Rock Spring

Population

8001,310

Median household income

$61,607$115,455

Median home value

$142,400$158,600

Median gross rent

$545$656

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chattanooga Valley	Rock Spring
Under 5	8.7%	1.5%
5 to 17	17.8%	15.0%
18 to 24	3.5%	6.7%
25 to 34	16.5%	15.6%
35 to 44	10.7%	15.5%
45 to 54	10.2%	2.3%
55 to 64	12.5%	19.5%
65 to 74	10.2%	16.4%
75 and over	10.0%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chattanooga Valley	Rock Spring
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	96.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
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%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chattanooga Valley	Rock Spring
No high school diploma	16.6%	5.3%
High school graduate	32.2%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chattanooga Valley	Rock Spring
Drove alone	78.2%	84.1%
Carpooled	7.6%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chattanooga Valley	Rock Spring
1-unit, detached	79.1%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.5%
Mobile home & other	12.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chattanooga Valley	Rock Spring
Poverty rate	27.4%	9.3%
Average household size	2.81	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	24	31
Median year structure built	1970	1985