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Chattanooga, TN

187,023 Population
142.4 square miles 1,313.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 41 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Tennessee: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$41,324 ±$3,678 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: $40,073 ±$1,563
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Tennessee: $38,538 ±$460
$62,547 ±$3,352 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: $68,677 ±$2,820
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $67,631 ±$865

18.4% ±3.2% (33,457  ±5,879) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 13% † 74,020 (±1.5% / ±8,497)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Tennessee: 14% 978,460 (±0.4% / ±30,784)

19.2 minutes ±0.5 (1,517,710  ±54,004) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 23.8 5,694,380 (±0.4 / ±114,546)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Tennessee: 25.5 73,963,710 (±0.1 / ±458,627)

Families

81,086 ±2,388 Number of households
  • the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 235,003 ±2,959
  • Tennessee: 2,889,226 ±12,211
2.2 ±0.1 (180,478  ±215) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 2.4 566,912 (±0 / ±3,059)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 2.4 † 6,978,483 (±,192.3 / ±-555,555,600)

4.7% ±1.5% (2,093  ±685) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 5.8% † 7,720 (±1.1% / ±1,500)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 5.3% 88,073 (±0.3% / ±5,052)

Housing

90,221 ±2,482 Number of housing units
  • the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 258,219 ±1,079
  • Tennessee: 3,195,170 ±237

$311,300 ±$17,931 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: $289,700 ±$7,998
  • about the same as the amount in Tennessee: $307,300 ±$3,458

15.7% ±2.2% (28,872  ±4,053.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 13.3% 75,909 (±1.2% / ±6,765.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 12.3% 867,809 (±0.4% / ±24,688.2)

Social

90.3% ±4.1% (116,602  ±6,037.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 91.2% 374,832 (±2.4% / ±10,229.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,445,327 (±0.7% / ±34,033.9)
36.3% ±2.7% (46,889  ±3,727.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 32% 131,446 (±1.4% / ±5,801.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 31.7% 1,562,612 (±0.4% / ±20,107.7)

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

5.4% ±1.3% (10,121  ±2,380) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 4.2% † 24,131 (±0.5% / ±2,889)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% † 432,020 (±,472.6% / ±14,082)

6.7% ±1.3% (9,870  ±1,924) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 7.5% 34,378 (±0.7% / ±3,143)
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 7.1% 395,624 (±0.2% / ±10,518)
9,870 Total veterans ±1,924 8,774 Male ±1,897 1,096 Female ±590

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