Collegedale vs East Ridge

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

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

East Ridge has the higher population (22,034 vs 11,185 in Collegedale). Collegedale has the higher median household income ($64,905 vs $55,988 in East Ridge). Collegedale has the higher median home value ($332,700 vs $182,500 in East Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Collegedale	East Ridge
Population	11,185	22,034
Median age	36.3 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$64,905	$55,988
Median home value	$332,700	$182,500
Median gross rent	$1,435	$1,112
Housing units	4,555	10,402
Homeownership rate	43.5%	57.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.6%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Collegedale	East Ridge
Population	11,275 → 11,185 (-0.8%)	21,168 → 22,034 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$59,015 → $64,905 (+10.0%)	$47,203 → $55,988 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$229,000 → $332,700 (+45.3%)	$130,400 → $182,500 (+40.0%)
Median gross rent	$986 → $1,435 (+45.5%)	$848 → $1,112 (+31.1%)

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

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)

	Collegedale	East Ridge
Under 5	1.6%	4.8%
5 to 17	10.7%	15.4%
18 to 24	22.6%	7.0%
25 to 34	14.5%	19.5%
35 to 44	7.6%	11.5%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.3%
55 to 64	12.8%	13.2%
65 to 74	9.2%	9.7%
75 and over	8.0%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Collegedale	East Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	68.4%	68.6%
Black or African American	11.1%	11.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	4.2%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	15.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Collegedale	East Ridge
No high school diploma	9.5%	14.2%
High school graduate	17.6%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	25.9%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	21.8%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Collegedale	East Ridge
Drove alone	61.8%	72.4%
Carpooled	8.8%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	10.4%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.8%	12.2%
Other means	0.3%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Collegedale	East Ridge
1-unit, detached	42.0%	66.2%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	14.4%	7.4%
20 or more units	17.1%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Collegedale	East Ridge
Poverty rate	9.7%	14.8%
Average household size	2.15	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	2004	1965