Chickamauga vs Rossville

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

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

Rossville has the higher population (3,981 vs 2,999 in Chickamauga). Chickamauga has the higher median household income ($79,176 vs $47,791 in Rossville). Chickamauga has the higher median home value ($250,900 vs $114,300 in Rossville).

Population, income & housing

	Chickamauga	Rossville
Population	2,999	3,981
Median age	41.5 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$79,176	$47,791
Median home value	$250,900	$114,300
Median gross rent	$721	$958
Housing units	1,377	1,928
Homeownership rate	75.5%	54.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.3%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chickamauga	Rossville
Population	3,249 → 2,999 (-7.7%)	4,006 → 3,981 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$50,101 → $79,176 (+58.0%)	$33,892 → $47,791 (+41.0%)
Median home value	$138,200 → $250,900 (+81.5%)	$86,700 → $114,300 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $721 (-1.1%)	$800 → $958 (+19.8%)

Chickamauga

Population

3,2492,999

Median household income

$50,101$79,176

Median home value

$138,200$250,900

Median gross rent

$729$721

Rossville

Population

4,0063,981

Median household income

$33,892$47,791

Median home value

$86,700$114,300

Median gross rent

$800$958

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chickamauga	Rossville
Under 5	5.7%	4.6%
5 to 17	16.6%	15.6%
18 to 24	7.0%	10.6%
25 to 34	5.9%	8.0%
35 to 44	17.3%	21.8%
45 to 54	14.7%	12.7%
55 to 64	15.1%	8.6%
65 to 74	12.3%	7.7%
75 and over	5.5%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chickamauga	Rossville
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	81.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	6.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chickamauga	Rossville
No high school diploma	2.1%	20.1%
High school graduate	39.2%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chickamauga	Rossville
Drove alone	72.7%	65.8%
Carpooled	3.6%	28.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.4%	4.1%
Other means	1.8%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chickamauga	Rossville
1-unit, detached	82.4%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	5.2%
20 or more units	4.9%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Chickamauga	Rossville
Poverty rate	4.3%	20.0%
Average household size	2.38	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	26	47
Median year structure built	1979	1961