Chattanooga vs Elgin

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

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

Elgin has the higher population (3,560 vs 398 in Chattanooga). Elgin has the higher median household income ($81,739 vs $52,321 in Chattanooga). Elgin has the higher median home value ($243,600 vs $109,400 in Chattanooga).

Population, income & housing

	Chattanooga	Elgin
Population	398	3,560
Median age	31.7 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,321	$81,739
Median home value	$109,400	$243,600
Median gross rent	$754	$1,206
Housing units	166	1,294
Homeownership rate	72.6%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	39.4%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chattanooga	Elgin
Population	460 → 398 (-13.5%)	3,089 → 3,560 (+15.2%)
Median household income	$45,694 → $52,321 (+14.5%)	$70,841 → $81,739 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$78,100 → $109,400 (+40.1%)	$177,100 → $243,600 (+37.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,054 → $754 (-28.5%)	$1,533 → $1,206 (-21.3%)

Chattanooga

Population

460398

Median household income

$45,694$52,321

Median home value

$78,100$109,400

Median gross rent

$1,054$754

Elgin

Population

3,0893,560

Median household income

$70,841$81,739

Median home value

$177,100$243,600

Median gross rent

$1,533$1,206

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chattanooga	Elgin
Under 5	16.6%	9.1%
5 to 17	17.3%	23.8%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.1%
25 to 34	15.6%	14.8%
35 to 44	11.3%	16.6%
45 to 54	9.0%	10.9%
55 to 64	10.8%	8.1%
65 to 74	5.8%	6.6%
75 and over	6.3%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chattanooga	Elgin
White (non-Hispanic)	78.9%	65.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.5%	1.2%
Asian	0.5%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	9.3%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	19.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chattanooga	Elgin
No high school diploma	10.7%	7.3%
High school graduate	32.9%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	25.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	14.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chattanooga	Elgin
Drove alone	76.0%	80.1%
Carpooled	13.7%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	7.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chattanooga	Elgin
1-unit, detached	77.1%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.7%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Chattanooga	Elgin
Poverty rate	15.1%	9.5%
Average household size	2.95	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1973	2008