East Ridge vs Middle Valley

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

East Ridge and Middle Valley 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 11,808 in Middle Valley). Middle Valley has the higher median household income ($93,264 vs $55,988 in East Ridge). Middle Valley has the higher median home value ($277,400 vs $182,500 in East Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	East Ridge	Middle Valley
Population	22,034	11,808
Median age	36.8 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,988	$93,264
Median home value	$182,500	$277,400
Median gross rent	$1,112	$1,255
Housing units	10,402	4,894
Homeownership rate	57.6%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	32.3%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Ridge	Middle Valley
Population	21,168 → 22,034 (+4.1%)	12,061 → 11,808 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$47,203 → $55,988 (+18.6%)	$68,925 → $93,264 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$130,400 → $182,500 (+40.0%)	$171,500 → $277,400 (+61.7%)
Median gross rent	$848 → $1,112 (+31.1%)	$877 → $1,255 (+43.1%)

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

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)

	East Ridge	Middle Valley
Under 5	4.8%	5.3%
5 to 17	15.4%	16.4%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.3%
25 to 34	19.5%	10.2%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.5%
45 to 54	11.3%	18.1%
55 to 64	13.2%	10.7%
65 to 74	9.7%	10.3%
75 and over	7.6%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Ridge	Middle Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	68.6%	82.5%
Black or African American	11.6%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	15.3%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Ridge	Middle Valley
No high school diploma	14.2%	8.3%
High school graduate	28.5%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Ridge	Middle Valley
Drove alone	72.4%	79.9%
Carpooled	10.7%	4.4%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	15.1%
Other means	1.8%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Ridge	Middle Valley
1-unit, detached	66.2%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	0.3%
20 or more units	7.1%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	East Ridge	Middle Valley
Poverty rate	14.8%	4.5%
Average household size	2.28	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	20	26
Median year structure built	1965	1979