Red Bank vs Signal Mountain

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

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

Red Bank has the higher population (11,960 vs 8,861 in Signal Mountain). Signal Mountain has the higher median household income ($139,714 vs $61,788 in Red Bank). Signal Mountain has the higher median home value ($482,300 vs $246,100 in Red Bank).

Population, income & housing

	Red Bank	Signal Mountain
Population	11,960	8,861
Median age	37.8 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,788	$139,714
Median home value	$246,100	$482,300
Median gross rent	$1,118	$1,843
Housing units	6,446	3,423
Homeownership rate	58.7%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.4%	73.7%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Red Bank	Signal Mountain
Population	11,745 → 11,960 (+1.8%)	8,539 → 8,861 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$42,618 → $61,788 (+45.0%)	$109,926 → $139,714 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$148,900 → $246,100 (+65.3%)	$345,900 → $482,300 (+39.4%)
Median gross rent	$773 → $1,118 (+44.6%)	$1,938 → $1,843 (-4.9%)

Red Bank

Population

11,74511,960

Median household income

$42,618$61,788

Median home value

$148,900$246,100

Median gross rent

$773$1,118

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)

	Red Bank	Signal Mountain
Under 5	5.8%	3.8%
5 to 17	9.4%	24.4%
18 to 24	9.0%	3.6%
25 to 34	20.4%	4.4%
35 to 44	15.6%	16.6%
45 to 54	11.7%	13.1%
55 to 64	13.4%	9.5%
65 to 74	7.8%	13.0%
75 and over	7.1%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Red Bank	Signal Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	80.9%	94.2%
Black or African American	6.9%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.2%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Red Bank	Signal Mountain
No high school diploma	6.3%	0.7%
High school graduate	19.1%	6.1%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	19.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	39.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	34.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Red Bank	Signal Mountain
Drove alone	77.0%	71.5%
Carpooled	9.9%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	1.9%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.9%	24.5%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Red Bank	Signal Mountain
1-unit, detached	64.9%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	15.6%	1.4%
20 or more units	6.1%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Red Bank	Signal Mountain
Poverty rate	12.9%	2.6%
Average household size	2.02	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1963	1976