Chattanooga vs Soddy-Daisy

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

Chattanooga and Soddy-Daisy 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 13,117 in Soddy-Daisy). Soddy-Daisy has the higher median household income ($67,824 vs $61,028 in Chattanooga). Chattanooga has the higher median home value ($259,200 vs $241,400 in Soddy-Daisy).

Population, income & housing

	Chattanooga	Soddy-Daisy
Population	182,832	13,117
Median age	36.6 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$61,028	$67,824
Median home value	$259,200	$241,400
Median gross rent	$1,155	$996
Housing units	87,138	5,571
Homeownership rate	53.1%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.5%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chattanooga	Soddy-Daisy
Population	179,690 → 182,832 (+1.7%)	13,398 → 13,117 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$45,527 → $61,028 (+34.0%)	$48,097 → $67,824 (+41.0%)
Median home value	$167,500 → $259,200 (+54.7%)	$145,800 → $241,400 (+65.6%)
Median gross rent	$859 → $1,155 (+34.5%)	$747 → $996 (+33.3%)

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

Soddy-Daisy

Population

13,39813,117

Median household income

$48,097$67,824

Median home value

$145,800$241,400

Median gross rent

$747$996

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chattanooga	Soddy-Daisy
Under 5	6.4%	4.0%
5 to 17	14.4%	15.4%
18 to 24	10.1%	6.9%
25 to 34	16.8%	9.7%
35 to 44	12.7%	12.5%
45 to 54	10.3%	13.9%
55 to 64	12.2%	17.0%
65 to 74	10.4%	10.7%
75 and over	6.8%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chattanooga	Soddy-Daisy
White (non-Hispanic)	55.8%	91.1%
Black or African American	28.4%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.7%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chattanooga	Soddy-Daisy
No high school diploma	10.4%	11.5%
High school graduate	24.3%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chattanooga	Soddy-Daisy
Drove alone	74.5%	76.9%
Carpooled	9.0%	11.4%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	11.9%	10.4%
Other means	1.1%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chattanooga	Soddy-Daisy
1-unit, detached	58.2%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	4.2%
20 or more units	13.5%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	14.6%

Poverty & households

	Chattanooga	Soddy-Daisy
Poverty rate	17.6%	8.8%
Average household size	2.25	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1975	1985