Chattanooga vs Middle Valley

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

Chattanooga and Middle Valley 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 11,808 in Middle Valley). Middle Valley has the higher median household income ($93,264 vs $61,028 in Chattanooga). Middle Valley has the higher median home value ($277,400 vs $259,200 in Chattanooga).

Population, income & housing

	Chattanooga	Middle Valley
Population	182,832	11,808
Median age	36.6 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$61,028	$93,264
Median home value	$259,200	$277,400
Median gross rent	$1,155	$1,255
Housing units	87,138	4,894
Homeownership rate	53.1%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.5%	32.3%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chattanooga	Middle Valley
Population	179,690 → 182,832 (+1.7%)	12,061 → 11,808 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$45,527 → $61,028 (+34.0%)	$68,925 → $93,264 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$167,500 → $259,200 (+54.7%)	$171,500 → $277,400 (+61.7%)
Median gross rent	$859 → $1,155 (+34.5%)	$877 → $1,255 (+43.1%)

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

Middle Valley

Population

12,06111,808

Median household income

$68,925$93,264

Median home value

$171,500$277,400

Median gross rent

$877$1,255

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chattanooga	Middle Valley
Under 5	6.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	14.4%	16.4%
18 to 24	10.1%	6.3%
25 to 34	16.8%	10.2%
35 to 44	12.7%	11.5%
45 to 54	10.3%	18.1%
55 to 64	12.2%	10.7%
65 to 74	10.4%	10.3%
75 and over	6.8%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chattanooga	Middle Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	55.8%	82.5%
Black or African American	28.4%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chattanooga	Middle Valley
No high school diploma	10.4%	8.3%
High school graduate	24.3%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chattanooga	Middle Valley
Drove alone	74.5%	79.9%
Carpooled	9.0%	4.4%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.9%	15.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chattanooga	Middle Valley
1-unit, detached	58.2%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	0.3%
20 or more units	13.5%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Chattanooga	Middle Valley
Poverty rate	17.6%	4.5%
Average household size	2.25	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1975	1979