Flat Top Mountain vs Ridgeside

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

Flat Top Mountain and Ridgeside 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 907 in Ridgeside). Ridgeside has the higher median household income ($177,500 vs $118,766 in Flat Top Mountain). Flat Top Mountain has the higher median home value ($538,300 vs $473,900 in Ridgeside).

Population, income & housing

	Flat Top Mountain	Ridgeside
Population	1,052	907
Median age	25.1 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$118,766	$177,500
Median home value	$538,300	$473,900
Housing units	303	264
Homeownership rate	97.8%	92.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	76.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flat Top Mountain	Ridgeside
Population	338 → 1,052 (+211.2%)	756 → 907 (+20.0%)
Median household income	$54,934 → $118,766 (+116.2%)	$128,295 → $177,500 (+38.4%)
Median home value	$190,300 → $538,300 (+182.9%)	$311,400 → $473,900 (+52.2%)
Median gross rent	$833 → $1,167 (+40.1%)	$1,177 → $2,202 (+87.1%)

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

Ridgeside

Population

756907

Median household income

$128,295$177,500

Median home value

$311,400$473,900

Median gross rent

$1,177$2,202

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Flat Top Mountain	Ridgeside
Under 5	1.3%	6.0%
5 to 17	44.7%	26.7%
18 to 24	3.9%	3.1%
25 to 34	5.2%	0.2%
35 to 44	2.0%	19.8%
45 to 54	10.8%	14.9%
55 to 64	20.0%	10.7%
65 to 74	8.7%	10.9%
75 and over	3.3%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flat Top Mountain	Ridgeside
White (non-Hispanic)	99.1%	90.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flat Top Mountain	Ridgeside
No high school diploma	0.8%	3.1%
High school graduate	48.0%	13.0%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	7.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	41.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	34.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flat Top Mountain	Ridgeside
Drove alone	94.4%	75.8%
Carpooled	5.6%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	21.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flat Top Mountain	Ridgeside
1-unit, detached	85.5%	97.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.5%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Flat Top Mountain	Ridgeside
Poverty rate	14.2%	3.0%
Average household size	3.83	3.44
Mean commute (minutes)	33	17
Median year structure built	2003	1942