Middle Valley vs Signal Mountain

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

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

Middle Valley has the higher population (11,808 vs 8,861 in Signal Mountain). Signal Mountain has the higher median household income ($139,714 vs $93,264 in Middle Valley). Signal Mountain has the higher median home value ($482,300 vs $277,400 in Middle Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Middle Valley	Signal Mountain
Population	11,808	8,861
Median age	45.2 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$93,264	$139,714
Median home value	$277,400	$482,300
Median gross rent	$1,255	$1,843
Housing units	4,894	3,423
Homeownership rate	82.6%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	73.7%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middle Valley	Signal Mountain
Population	12,061 → 11,808 (-2.1%)	8,539 → 8,861 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$68,925 → $93,264 (+35.3%)	$109,926 → $139,714 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$171,500 → $277,400 (+61.7%)	$345,900 → $482,300 (+39.4%)
Median gross rent	$877 → $1,255 (+43.1%)	$1,938 → $1,843 (-4.9%)

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

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)

	Middle Valley	Signal Mountain
Under 5	5.3%	3.8%
5 to 17	16.4%	24.4%
18 to 24	6.3%	3.6%
25 to 34	10.2%	4.4%
35 to 44	11.5%	16.6%
45 to 54	18.1%	13.1%
55 to 64	10.7%	9.5%
65 to 74	10.3%	13.0%
75 and over	11.3%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middle Valley	Signal Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	82.5%	94.2%
Black or African American	5.6%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middle Valley	Signal Mountain
No high school diploma	8.3%	0.7%
High school graduate	25.9%	6.1%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	19.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	39.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	34.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middle Valley	Signal Mountain
Drove alone	79.9%	71.5%
Carpooled	4.4%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	24.5%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middle Valley	Signal Mountain
1-unit, detached	90.9%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	1.4%
20 or more units	1.9%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Middle Valley	Signal Mountain
Poverty rate	4.5%	2.6%
Average household size	2.59	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1979	1976