Ooltewah vs Walden

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

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

Walden has the higher population (1,762 vs 489 in Ooltewah). Walden has the higher median household income ($135,000 vs $62,875 in Ooltewah). Walden has the higher median home value ($600,900 vs $238,000 in Ooltewah).

Population, income & housing

	Ooltewah	Walden
Population	489	1,762
Median age	48.0 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$62,875	$135,000
Median home value	$238,000	$600,900
Median gross rent	$1,456	$1,514
Housing units	232	750
Homeownership rate	63.8%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	64.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ooltewah	Walden
Population	756 → 489 (-35.3%)	1,948 → 1,762 (-9.5%)
Median household income	$60,114 → $62,875 (+4.6%)	$100,750 → $135,000 (+34.0%)
Median home value	$142,400 → $238,000 (+67.1%)	$412,900 → $600,900 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$912 → $1,456 (+59.6%)	$1,175 → $1,514 (+28.9%)

Ooltewah

Population

756489

Median household income

$60,114$62,875

Median home value

$142,400$238,000

Median gross rent

$912$1,456

Walden

Population

1,9481,762

Median household income

$100,750$135,000

Median home value

$412,900$600,900

Median gross rent

$1,175$1,514

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ooltewah	Walden
Under 5	0.0%	4.9%
5 to 17	19.2%	21.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.9%
25 to 34	18.6%	3.9%
35 to 44	10.0%	19.9%
45 to 54	2.2%	14.4%
55 to 64	13.9%	12.8%
65 to 74	4.3%	9.5%
75 and over	31.7%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ooltewah	Walden
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	88.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ooltewah	Walden
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.1%
High school graduate	34.7%	16.6%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	17.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	38.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	25.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ooltewah	Walden
Drove alone	59.0%	78.0%
Carpooled	17.6%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.3%	13.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ooltewah	Walden
1-unit, detached	59.9%	94.0%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	22.0%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ooltewah	Walden
Poverty rate	0.0%	4.4%
Average household size	2.11	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	—	26
Median year structure built	1967	1982