Chattanooga vs Red Bank

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

Chattanooga and Red Bank 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 11,960 in Red Bank). Red Bank has the higher median household income ($61,788 vs $61,028 in Chattanooga). Chattanooga has the higher median home value ($259,200 vs $246,100 in Red Bank).

Population, income & housing

	Chattanooga	Red Bank
Population	182,832	11,960
Median age	36.6 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$61,028	$61,788
Median home value	$259,200	$246,100
Median gross rent	$1,155	$1,118
Housing units	87,138	6,446
Homeownership rate	53.1%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.5%	43.4%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chattanooga	Red Bank
Population	179,690 → 182,832 (+1.7%)	11,745 → 11,960 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$45,527 → $61,028 (+34.0%)	$42,618 → $61,788 (+45.0%)
Median home value	$167,500 → $259,200 (+54.7%)	$148,900 → $246,100 (+65.3%)
Median gross rent	$859 → $1,155 (+34.5%)	$773 → $1,118 (+44.6%)

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

Red Bank

Population

11,74511,960

Median household income

$42,618$61,788

Median home value

$148,900$246,100

Median gross rent

$773$1,118

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chattanooga	Red Bank
Under 5	6.4%	5.8%
5 to 17	14.4%	9.4%
18 to 24	10.1%	9.0%
25 to 34	16.8%	20.4%
35 to 44	12.7%	15.6%
45 to 54	10.3%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.2%	13.4%
65 to 74	10.4%	7.8%
75 and over	6.8%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chattanooga	Red Bank
White (non-Hispanic)	55.8%	80.9%
Black or African American	28.4%	6.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.3%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chattanooga	Red Bank
No high school diploma	10.4%	6.3%
High school graduate	24.3%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	15.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chattanooga	Red Bank
Drove alone	74.5%	77.0%
Carpooled	9.0%	9.9%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	1.0%
Worked from home	11.9%	11.9%
Other means	1.1%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chattanooga	Red Bank
1-unit, detached	58.2%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	15.6%
20 or more units	13.5%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Chattanooga	Red Bank
Poverty rate	17.6%	12.9%
Average household size	2.25	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1975	1963