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Chattanooga, TN

191,495 Population
142.4 square miles 1,345.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 40.3 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Tennessee: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$39,941 ±$2,828 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: $41,189 ±$1,537
  • about the same as the amount in Tennessee: $40,729 ±$499
$66,060 ±$4,405 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: $75,076 ±$2,389
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $71,997 ±$638

23% ±2.7% (42,641  ±4,938) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 14% 80,487 (±1.2% / ±7,162)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 13.5% 951,389 (±0.4% / ±29,075)

19 minutes ±0.8 (1,545,245  ±106,662) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 24.5 6,056,645 (±0.8 / ±270,452)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Tennessee: 26.5 80,430,170 (±0.2 / ±874,887)

Families

82,182 ±2,796 Number of households
  • the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 239,474 ±3,633
  • Tennessee: 2,928,765 ±12,443
2.3 ±0.1 (184,524  ±272) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 2.4 575,073 (±0 / ±3,860)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 2.4 7,076,024

5% ±1.6% (2,340  ±750) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 6.5% † 8,820 (±1.4% / ±1,926)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 5% 85,751 (±0.3% / ±5,121)

Housing

89,451 ±2,667 Number of housing units
  • the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 261,589 ±1,382
  • Tennessee: 3,243,954 ±269

$323,700 ±$17,101 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: $324,500 ±$8,501
  • a little less than the amount in Tennessee: $332,600 ±$2,448

18.7% ±2.8% (35,237  ±5,248.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 13.1% † 75,968 (±1.5% / ±8,521.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 12.2% 870,662 (±0.4% / ±27,185.9)

Social

89.8% ±4.2% (117,344  ±5,990.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 89.7% 374,958 (±2.5% / ±10,747.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 90.6% 4,525,310 (±0.7% / ±34,588.4)
33.7% ±2.5% (44,047  ±3,333.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 32.4% 135,687 (±1.5% / ±6,146.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Tennessee: 32.4% 1,619,754 (±0.4% / ±20,980.2)

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

10.3% ±1.7% (19,755  ±3,240) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 6.2% † 36,228 (±0.7% / ±4,288)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 6.5% 472,751

6.2% ±1.1% (9,333  ±1,684) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 6.7% † 31,062 (±0.7% / ±3,213)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 7.1% 400,477 (±0.2% / ±11,394)
9,333 Total veterans ±1,684 8,533 Male ±1,574 800 Female ±435

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