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Chattanooga, TN

184,071 Population
142.4 square miles 1,293.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 40.8 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$39,967 ±$2,665 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: $38,987 ±$1,403
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Tennessee: $36,704 ±$350
$64,340 ±$4,655 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: $69,018 ±$3,018
  • about the same as the amount in Tennessee: $65,254 ±$848

15.3% ±2.8% (27,407  ±4,967) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 12% † 67,522 (±1.4% / ±7,996)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 13.3% 915,683 (±0.5% / ±33,636)

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

76,930 ±2,598 Number of households
  • the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 231,091 ±3,138
  • Tennessee: 2,846,684 ±11,934
2.3 ±0.1 (178,590  ±213) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 2.4 561,893 (±0 / ±2,999)
  • a little less than the figure in Tennessee: 2.4 6,904,210

5.2% ±1.9% (2,365  ±858) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 5.3% † 6,939 (±1.1% / ±1,489)
  • a little higher than the rate in Tennessee: 5% 82,884 (±0.3% / ±5,160)

Housing

86,737 ±2,284 Number of housing units
  • the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 254,598 ±1,324
  • Tennessee: 3,144,583 ±494

$284,000 ±$16,678 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: $265,800 ±$8,935
  • about the same as the amount in Tennessee: $284,800 ±$2,559

20.2% ±2.8% (36,704  ±5,149.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 14.8% † 84,003 (±1.5% / ±8,572.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 13% 906,588 (±0.4% / ±26,656.4)

Social

91.7% ±4.7% (116,333  ±6,356.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 90.6% 368,262 (±2.6% / ±10,937.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 90.4% 4,398,598 (±0.7% / ±35,322.3)
39.8% ±3% (50,531  ±3,943.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 32.5% 132,161 (±1.6% / ±6,615)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,513,960 (±0.4% / ±21,470.6)

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

7% ±1.3% (12,787  ±2,367) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 4.1% † 23,719 (±0.5% / ±2,744)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 5.6% 392,453

4.8% ±0.9% (6,966  ±1,362) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 6.5% 29,394 (±0.6% / ±2,782)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tennessee: 7.2% 397,661 (±0.2% / ±9,591)
6,966 Total veterans ±1,362 6,559 Male ±1,305 407 Female ±244

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