Chattanooga.
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Tennessee·Hamilton County
57 tracts·183K people·$283K median·1,283/mi²
White 55 · Black 28 · Hispanic 10 · Multiracial 4 · Asian 2 · Other 0
Living alone 37 · Married couple 35 · Other 28
Professional 24 · Health 23 · Retail 21 · Manufacturing 17 · Leisure 9 · Public admin 3 · Other 3
Management · business · science · arts 41 · Sales · office 20 · Service 17 · Production · transport 15 · Construction · maintenance 7
Drive alone 74 · Carpool 17 · Work from home 13 · Walk 2 · Transit 1 · Bike 0
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Chattanooga is $283,200 (Census ACS) — 0.6× the US median of $458,812.
Chattanooga has 185,783 residents across 49 census tracts and 45 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 36.3; the population is 55.5% White, 27.6% Black, 10.0% Hispanic or Latino, 4.3% Multiracial, 2.3% Asian and 0.4% Other; the average household has 2.3 people; 36.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 19.1% (Census ACS).
Normal Park Museum Magnet School (66%), Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences Lower (65%) and Big Ridge Elementary School (58%) lead the elementary schools; Hixson Middle School (38%), Brown Middle School (15%) and East Lake Academy Of Fine Arts (14%) lead the middle schools; Hamilton County Collegiate High at Chattanooga State (78%), Chattanooga High School Center for Creative Arts (77%) and Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences Upper (62%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,256/month, 20% below the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Chattanooga is $64,523 a year, 25% below the US median (Census ACS).
In Chattanooga, median rent is $1,256/month and the median home value is $283,200 (Census ACS).
Chattanooga reported 10.9 violent crimes and 48.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 88°F; winter lows average 33°F; there are 77 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 55 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Chattanooga are tornado (90), inland flooding (84) and earthquake (82), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.36g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Chattanooga, 1.8% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).