East Ridge vs Signal Mountain

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

East Ridge and Signal Mountain 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 8,861 in Signal Mountain). Signal Mountain has the higher median household income ($139,714 vs $55,988 in East Ridge). Signal Mountain has the higher median home value ($482,300 vs $182,500 in East Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	East Ridge	Signal Mountain
Population	22,034	8,861
Median age	36.8 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,988	$139,714
Median home value	$182,500	$482,300
Median gross rent	$1,112	$1,843
Housing units	10,402	3,423
Homeownership rate	57.6%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	73.7%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Ridge	Signal Mountain
Population	21,168 → 22,034 (+4.1%)	8,539 → 8,861 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$47,203 → $55,988 (+18.6%)	$109,926 → $139,714 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$130,400 → $182,500 (+40.0%)	$345,900 → $482,300 (+39.4%)
Median gross rent	$848 → $1,112 (+31.1%)	$1,938 → $1,843 (-4.9%)

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

Signal Mountain

Population

8,5398,861

Median household income

$109,926$139,714

Median home value

$345,900$482,300

Median gross rent

$1,938$1,843

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Ridge	Signal Mountain
Under 5	4.8%	3.8%
5 to 17	15.4%	24.4%
18 to 24	7.0%	3.6%
25 to 34	19.5%	4.4%
35 to 44	11.5%	16.6%
45 to 54	11.3%	13.1%
55 to 64	13.2%	9.5%
65 to 74	9.7%	13.0%
75 and over	7.6%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Ridge	Signal Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	68.6%	94.2%
Black or African American	11.6%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	15.3%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Ridge	Signal Mountain
No high school diploma	14.2%	0.7%
High school graduate	28.5%	6.1%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	19.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	39.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	34.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Ridge	Signal Mountain
Drove alone	72.4%	71.5%
Carpooled	10.7%	2.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	24.5%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Ridge	Signal Mountain
1-unit, detached	66.2%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	1.4%
20 or more units	7.1%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	East Ridge	Signal Mountain
Poverty rate	14.8%	2.6%
Average household size	2.28	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1965	1976