Chattanooga vs East Ridge

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

Chattanooga and East Ridge 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 22,034 in East Ridge). Chattanooga has the higher median household income ($61,028 vs $55,988 in East Ridge). Chattanooga has the higher median home value ($259,200 vs $182,500 in East Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Chattanooga	East Ridge
Population	182,832	22,034
Median age	36.6 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$61,028	$55,988
Median home value	$259,200	$182,500
Median gross rent	$1,155	$1,112
Housing units	87,138	10,402
Homeownership rate	53.1%	57.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.5%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chattanooga	East Ridge
Population	179,690 → 182,832 (+1.7%)	21,168 → 22,034 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$45,527 → $61,028 (+34.0%)	$47,203 → $55,988 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$167,500 → $259,200 (+54.7%)	$130,400 → $182,500 (+40.0%)
Median gross rent	$859 → $1,155 (+34.5%)	$848 → $1,112 (+31.1%)

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

East Ridge

Population

21,16822,034

Median household income

$47,203$55,988

Median home value

$130,400$182,500

Median gross rent

$848$1,112

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chattanooga	East Ridge
Under 5	6.4%	4.8%
5 to 17	14.4%	15.4%
18 to 24	10.1%	7.0%
25 to 34	16.8%	19.5%
35 to 44	12.7%	11.5%
45 to 54	10.3%	11.3%
55 to 64	12.2%	13.2%
65 to 74	10.4%	9.7%
75 and over	6.8%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chattanooga	East Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	55.8%	68.6%
Black or African American	28.4%	11.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.3%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	15.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chattanooga	East Ridge
No high school diploma	10.4%	14.2%
High school graduate	24.3%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chattanooga	East Ridge
Drove alone	74.5%	72.4%
Carpooled	9.0%	10.7%
Public transit	1.1%	0.5%
Walked	2.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.9%	12.2%
Other means	1.1%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chattanooga	East Ridge
1-unit, detached	58.2%	66.2%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	7.4%
20 or more units	13.5%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Chattanooga	East Ridge
Poverty rate	17.6%	14.8%
Average household size	2.25	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1975	1965