Collegedale vs Soddy-Daisy

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

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

Soddy-Daisy has the higher population (13,117 vs 11,185 in Collegedale). Soddy-Daisy has the higher median household income ($67,824 vs $64,905 in Collegedale). Collegedale has the higher median home value ($332,700 vs $241,400 in Soddy-Daisy).

Population, income & housing

	Collegedale	Soddy-Daisy
Population	11,185	13,117
Median age	36.3 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$64,905	$67,824
Median home value	$332,700	$241,400
Median gross rent	$1,435	$996
Housing units	4,555	5,571
Homeownership rate	43.5%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.6%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Collegedale	Soddy-Daisy
Population	11,275 → 11,185 (-0.8%)	13,398 → 13,117 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$59,015 → $64,905 (+10.0%)	$48,097 → $67,824 (+41.0%)
Median home value	$229,000 → $332,700 (+45.3%)	$145,800 → $241,400 (+65.6%)
Median gross rent	$986 → $1,435 (+45.5%)	$747 → $996 (+33.3%)

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

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)

	Collegedale	Soddy-Daisy
Under 5	1.6%	4.0%
5 to 17	10.7%	15.4%
18 to 24	22.6%	6.9%
25 to 34	14.5%	9.7%
35 to 44	7.6%	12.5%
45 to 54	13.1%	13.9%
55 to 64	12.8%	17.0%
65 to 74	9.2%	10.7%
75 and over	8.0%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Collegedale	Soddy-Daisy
White (non-Hispanic)	68.4%	91.1%
Black or African American	11.1%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.2%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Collegedale	Soddy-Daisy
No high school diploma	9.5%	11.5%
High school graduate	17.6%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.9%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	21.8%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Collegedale	Soddy-Daisy
Drove alone	61.8%	76.9%
Carpooled	8.8%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.4%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	18.8%	10.4%
Other means	0.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Collegedale	Soddy-Daisy
1-unit, detached	42.0%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	14.4%	4.2%
20 or more units	17.1%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	14.6%

Poverty & households

	Collegedale	Soddy-Daisy
Poverty rate	9.7%	8.8%
Average household size	2.15	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	2004	1985