Flat Top Mountain vs Ooltewah

A side-by-side comparison of Flat Top Mountain and Ooltewah: population, income, housing, and more.

Flat Top Mountain and Ooltewah are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Flat Top Mountain has the higher population (1,052 vs 489 in Ooltewah). Flat Top Mountain has the higher median household income ($118,766 vs $62,875 in Ooltewah). Flat Top Mountain has the higher median home value ($538,300 vs $238,000 in Ooltewah).

Population, income & housing

	Flat Top Mountain	Ooltewah
Population	1,052	489
Median age	25.1 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$118,766	$62,875
Median home value	$538,300	$238,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,456
Housing units	303	232
Homeownership rate	97.8%	63.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flat Top Mountain	Ooltewah
Population	338 → 1,052 (+211.2%)	756 → 489 (-35.3%)
Median household income	$54,934 → $118,766 (+116.2%)	$60,114 → $62,875 (+4.6%)
Median home value	$190,300 → $538,300 (+182.9%)	$142,400 → $238,000 (+67.1%)
Median gross rent	$833 → $1,167 (+40.1%)	$912 → $1,456 (+59.6%)

Flat Top Mountain

Population

3381,052

Median household income

$54,934$118,766

Median home value

$190,300$538,300

Median gross rent

$833$1,167

Ooltewah

Population

756489

Median household income

$60,114$62,875

Median home value

$142,400$238,000

Median gross rent

$912$1,456

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Flat Top Mountain	Ooltewah
Under 5	1.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	44.7%	19.2%
18 to 24	3.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.2%	18.6%
35 to 44	2.0%	10.0%
45 to 54	10.8%	2.2%
55 to 64	20.0%	13.9%
65 to 74	8.7%	4.3%
75 and over	3.3%	31.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flat Top Mountain	Ooltewah
White (non-Hispanic)	99.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flat Top Mountain	Ooltewah
No high school diploma	0.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	48.0%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flat Top Mountain	Ooltewah
Drove alone	94.4%	59.0%
Carpooled	5.6%	17.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	23.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flat Top Mountain	Ooltewah
1-unit, detached	85.5%	59.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	22.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.5%	13.4%

Poverty & households

	Flat Top Mountain	Ooltewah
Poverty rate	14.2%	0.0%
Average household size	3.83	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	33	—
Median year structure built	2003	1967