Chattanooga vs Collegedale

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

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

Chattanooga has the higher population (182,832 vs 11,185 in Collegedale). Collegedale has the higher median household income ($64,905 vs $61,028 in Chattanooga). Collegedale has the higher median home value ($332,700 vs $259,200 in Chattanooga).

Population, income & housing

	Chattanooga	Collegedale
Population	182,832	11,185
Median age	36.6 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,028	$64,905
Median home value	$259,200	$332,700
Median gross rent	$1,155	$1,435
Housing units	87,138	4,555
Homeownership rate	53.1%	43.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.5%	47.6%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chattanooga	Collegedale
Population	179,690 → 182,832 (+1.7%)	11,275 → 11,185 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$45,527 → $61,028 (+34.0%)	$59,015 → $64,905 (+10.0%)
Median home value	$167,500 → $259,200 (+54.7%)	$229,000 → $332,700 (+45.3%)
Median gross rent	$859 → $1,155 (+34.5%)	$986 → $1,435 (+45.5%)

Chattanooga

Population

179,690182,832

Median household income

$45,527$61,028

Median home value

$167,500$259,200

Median gross rent

$859$1,155

Collegedale

Population

11,27511,185

Median household income

$59,015$64,905

Median home value

$229,000$332,700

Median gross rent

$986$1,435

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chattanooga	Collegedale
Under 5	6.4%	1.6%
5 to 17	14.4%	10.7%
18 to 24	10.1%	22.6%
25 to 34	16.8%	14.5%
35 to 44	12.7%	7.6%
45 to 54	10.3%	13.1%
55 to 64	12.2%	12.8%
65 to 74	10.4%	9.2%
75 and over	6.8%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chattanooga	Collegedale
White (non-Hispanic)	55.8%	68.4%
Black or African American	28.4%	11.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	13.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chattanooga	Collegedale
No high school diploma	10.4%	9.5%
High school graduate	24.3%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	21.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chattanooga	Collegedale
Drove alone	74.5%	61.8%
Carpooled	9.0%	8.8%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	10.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.9%	18.8%
Other means	1.1%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chattanooga	Collegedale
1-unit, detached	58.2%	42.0%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	14.4%
20 or more units	13.5%	17.1%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Chattanooga	Collegedale
Poverty rate	17.6%	9.7%
Average household size	2.25	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1975	2004