Ooltewah vs Ridgeside

A side-by-side comparison of Ooltewah and Ridgeside: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ridgeside has the higher population (907 vs 489 in Ooltewah). Ridgeside has the higher median household income ($177,500 vs $62,875 in Ooltewah). Ridgeside has the higher median home value ($473,900 vs $238,000 in Ooltewah).

Population, income & housing

	Ooltewah	Ridgeside
Population	489	907
Median age	48.0 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$62,875	$177,500
Median home value	$238,000	$473,900
Median gross rent	$1,456	—
Housing units	232	264
Homeownership rate	63.8%	92.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	76.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ooltewah	Ridgeside
Population	756 → 489 (-35.3%)	756 → 907 (+20.0%)
Median household income	$60,114 → $62,875 (+4.6%)	$128,295 → $177,500 (+38.4%)
Median home value	$142,400 → $238,000 (+67.1%)	$311,400 → $473,900 (+52.2%)
Median gross rent	$912 → $1,456 (+59.6%)	$1,177 → $2,202 (+87.1%)

Ooltewah

Population

756489

Median household income

$60,114$62,875

Median home value

$142,400$238,000

Median gross rent

$912$1,456

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)

	Ooltewah	Ridgeside
Under 5	0.0%	6.0%
5 to 17	19.2%	26.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.1%
25 to 34	18.6%	0.2%
35 to 44	10.0%	19.8%
45 to 54	2.2%	14.9%
55 to 64	13.9%	10.7%
65 to 74	4.3%	10.9%
75 and over	31.7%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ooltewah	Ridgeside
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ooltewah	Ridgeside
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.1%
High school graduate	34.7%	13.0%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	7.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	41.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	34.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ooltewah	Ridgeside
Drove alone	59.0%	75.8%
Carpooled	17.6%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.3%	21.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ooltewah	Ridgeside
1-unit, detached	59.9%	97.3%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.4%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Ooltewah	Ridgeside
Poverty rate	0.0%	3.0%
Average household size	2.11	3.44
Mean commute (minutes)	—	17
Median year structure built	1967	1942