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Signal Mountain, TN

8,860 Population
8.4 square miles 1,058.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.3 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 40.4 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$80,244 ±$10,284 Per capita income
  • about double the amount in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: $41,227 ±$675
  • about double the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$141,008 ±$26,947 Median household income
  • about double the amount in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: $72,161 ±$1,254
  • about double the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3.3% ±1.6% (290  ±138) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 13% 73,215 (±0.6% / ±3,447)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.5 minutes ±2.8 (74,085  ±12,472) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 24.1 5,671,875 (±0.3 / ±107,610)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,351 ±197 Number of households
  • the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 231,335 ±1,284
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (8,672  ±32) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 2.4 562,345 (±0 / ±155)
  • a little higher than the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.2% ±4.6% (84  ±75) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 5.7% 7,530 (±0.5% / ±635)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,429 ±189 Number of housing units
  • the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 254,730 ±255
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$544,300 ±$44,690 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about double the amount in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: $272,400 ±$4,303
  • nearly double the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.2% ±4.3% (723  ±373.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 13.9% 78,778 (±0.7% / ±3,929.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

99.4% ±8.5% (6,089  ±563.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 90% 366,386 (±1.2% / ±4,789.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,385,619 (±0.4% / ±18,161)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
72.8% ±7% (4,458  ±458.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 31.9% 129,752 (±0.8% / ±3,068)
  • more than double the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)
  • about double the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.8% ±1.6% (246  ±141) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 5% 28,814
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.6% ±2.2% (426  ±142) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 6.9% 31,277 (±0.3% / ±1,271)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
426 Total veterans ±142 411 Male ±139 15 Female ±22

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