Metro area · CBSA 16860
Chattanooga
The Chattanooga, TN metro area has 575,812 people. Median rent is $1,163, 19.3% of median household income, and HUD puts the 2-bedroom fair market rent in Hamilton County at $1,340. Of the 41 places we track here, Apison has the lightest rent burden.
Median household income
$72,161
Median home value
$272,400
Unemployment
4.4%
2-bedroom fair market rent
$1,340
HUD, Hamilton County
Places in this metro
Largest first. Rent to income is the median rent as a share of median household income.
| Place | Population | Rent | Rent to income |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chattanooga | 185,783 | $1,256 | 23.4% |
| East Ridge | 22,070 | $1,147 | 22.1% |
| Soddy-Daisy | 13,231 | $1,047 | 16.7% |
| Middle Valley | 12,187 | $1,180 | 14.9% |
| Red Bank | 12,010 | $1,283 | 24.1% |
| Collegedale | 11,330 | $1,581 | 27.0% |
| Fort Oglethorpe | 10,416 | $937 | 21.7% |
| Signal Mountain | 8,860 | $1,852 | 15.8% |
| Harrison | 8,011 | $1,216 | 16.3% |
| LaFayette | 6,967 | $840 | 21.9% |
| Dunlap | 5,678 | $868 | 22.8% |
| Fairview | 5,302 | $989 | 18.5% |
| Lakeview | 4,723 | $1,014 | 19.8% |
| Chattanooga Valley | 4,601 | $1,051 | 23.9% |
| Apison | 4,271 | $812 | 7.5% |
| Rossville | 3,978 | $1,033 | 20.9% |
| Jasper | 3,612 | $787 | 12.9% |
| Ringgold | 3,435 | $956 | 26.9% |
| Chickamauga | 3,014 | $750 | 9.7% |
| South Pittsburg | 3,013 | $643 | 13.3% |
| Sale Creek | 2,955 | $1,042 | 23.2% |
| Falling Water | 2,315 | $1,253 | 13.4% |
| Lakesite | 2,168 | $863 | 10.8% |
| Trenton | 2,123 | $670 | 20.4% |
| Lookout Mountain | 2,111 | $1,428 | 8.5% |
| Fairmount | 2,110 | $1,675 | 14.6% |
| Indian Springs | 2,070 | $1,160 | 17.1% |
| Whitwell | 2,052 | $872 | 15.4% |
| Walden | 1,845 | $1,537 | 14.8% |
| Lookout Mountain | 1,721 | $1,213 | 9.2% |
| Mowbray Mountain | 1,721 | $927 | 11.9% |
| Kimball | 1,639 | $754 | 14.9% |
| Powells Crossroads | 1,498 | $1,090 | 19.4% |
| Lone Oak | 1,422 | $687 | 14.0% |
| Rock Spring | 1,183 | $681 | 13.7% |
| West Brow | 1,044 | $957 | 13.9% |
| Flat Top Mountain | 1,004 | $1,253 | 12.4% |
| Ridgeside | 879 | $2,202 | 13.8% |
| New Hope | 862 | $775 | 12.0% |
| Griffith Creek | 586 | $853 | 16.6% |
| Ooltewah | 578 | $1,717 | 33.1% |
Nearby metro areas
Data as of 2026-11-14. How these figures are built.