Chattanooga, TN (Tennessee) Houses and Residents

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Chattanooga Apartments for Rent

Total population: 170,880 (Urban population: 169,409, Rural population: 1,471 (all nonfarm))

Chattanooga, Tennessee Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 72,107 (65,568 occupied: 35,997 owner occupied, 29,571 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	45%
State:	30%

Housing density: 533 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $157,129.

Median contract rent in 2007: $474 (lower quartile is $321, upper quartile is $600)

Housing units in Chattanooga with a mortgage: 20,350 (2,816 second mortgage, 1,794 home equity loan, 115 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 12,593

Chattanooga,TN index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $134,100 (it was $83,300 in 2000)

Chattanooga:	$134,100
Tennessee:	$130,800

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $91,200 - $194,300

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $179,457
Here: $179,457
State: $188,120

Townhouses or other attached units: $150,953
Here: $150,953
State: $161,999

In 2-unit structures: $126,466
Here: $126,466
State: $142,458

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $179,388
Here: $179,388
State: $133,385

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $242,249
Here: $242,249
State: $164,555

Mobile homes: $32,788
Here: $32,788
State: $44,109

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $64,924
Here: $64,924
State: $46,838

Median year house/condo built: 1965

Median year apartment built: 1969

Household type by relationship

Households: 149,694

In family households: 119,550 (26,203 male householders, 13,709 female householders)
26,221 spouses, 40,378 children (37,141 natural, 1,044 adopted, 2,193 stepchildren), 4,668 grandchildren, 1,708 brothers or sisters, 1,297 parents, 2,595 other relatives, 2,771 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 30,144 (10,981 male householders (8,825 living alone)), 14,620 female householders (13,180 living alone)), 4,543 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 5,815 (2,726 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 18,684 2-persons, 9,818 3-persons, 6,743 4-persons, 2,867 5-persons, 1,209 6-persons, 591 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 22,005 1-person, 3,072 2-persons, 369 3-persons, 87 4-persons, 49 5-persons, 12 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons.

16,247 married couples with children.
12,922 single-parent households (1,707 men, 11,215 women).

94.4% of residents of Chattanooga speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (46% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 25% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (64% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 2% speak English not well, 15% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 5,357 (3.4%)
(39.8% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.1
State:	6.0

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.1
State:	4.2

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Chattanooga, Tennessee:
	1 room: 8 2 rooms: 131 3 rooms: 664 4 rooms: 2,896 5 rooms: 8,200 6 rooms: 9,565 7 rooms: 5,981 8 rooms: 4,098 9 or more rooms: 4,454

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Chattanooga, Tennessee:
	1 room: 1,092 2 rooms: 2,747 3 rooms: 5,459 4 rooms: 9,942 5 rooms: 6,213 6 rooms: 2,517 7 rooms: 999 8 rooms: 306 9 or more rooms: 296

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 1,083
1995 to 1998: 3,373
1990 to 1994: 3,073
1980 to 1989: 9,001
1970 to 1979: 12,490
1960 to 1969: 13,923
1950 to 1959: 12,156
1940 to 1949: 7,378
1939 or earlier: 9,630

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Chattanooga:
	no bedroom: 8 1 bedroom: 887 2 bedrooms: 9,048 3 bedrooms: 18,184 4 bedrooms: 6,407 5 or more bedrooms: 1,463

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Chattanooga:
	no bedroom: 1,250 1 bedroom: 8,457 2 bedrooms: 14,207 3 bedrooms: 4,771 4 bedrooms: 757 5 or more bedrooms: 129

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Chattanooga in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 1,942 1 vehicle: 11,598 2 vehicles: 14,701 3 vehicles: 5,590 4 vehicles: 1,497 5 or more vehicles: 669

Cars and other vehicles available in Chattanooga in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 6,475 1 vehicle: 14,240 2 vehicles: 6,966 3 vehicles: 1,419 4 vehicles: 274 5 or more vehicles: 197

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Chattanooga, TN:

Less than $10,000: 219
$10,000 to $14,999: 110
$15,000 to $19,999: 138
$20,000 to $24,999: 159
$25,000 to $29,999: 228
$30,000 to $34,999: 272
$35,000 to $39,999: 306
$40,000 to $49,999: 907
$50,000 to $59,999: 1156
$60,000 to $69,999: 1518
$70,000 to $79,999: 1667
$80,000 to $89,999: 1874
$90,000 to $99,999: 1987
$100,000 to $124,999: 5922
$125,000 to $149,999: 6112
$150,000 to $174,999: 3677
$175,000 to $199,999: 2626
$200,000 to $249,999: 3213
$250,000 to $299,999: 1910
$300,000 to $399,999: 1486
$400,000 to $499,999: 897
$500,000 to $749,999: 723
$750,000 to $999,999: 180
$1,000,000 or more: 330

Chattanooga rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Chattanooga:

Less than $100: 1,128 people
$100 to $149: 1,043
$150 to $199: 1,249
$200 to $249: 1,262
$250 to $299: 1,568
$300 to $349: 2,057
$350 to $399: 2,335
$400 to $449: 2,498
$450 to $499: 2,544
$500 to $549: 2,653
$550 to $599: 2,646
$600 to $649: 1,698
$650 to $699: 1,501
$700 to $749: 1,103
$750 to $799: 774
$800 to $899: 1,008
$900 to $999: 449
$1,000 to $1,249: 529
$1,250 to $1,499: 182
$1,500 to $1,999: 211
$2,000 or more: 244
No cash rent: 1,268

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 1,871 1990 to 1994: 765 1985 to 1989: 503 1980 to 1984: 635 1975 to 1979: 394 1970 to 1974: 328 1970 to 1974: 310 1965 to 1969: 551

Chattanooga, TN Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 91.7%
Number of people working at home: 1,419 (2.1% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 1921
5 to 9 minutes: 7523
10 to 14 minutes: 13148
15 to 19 minutes: 15310
20 to 24 minutes: 13461
25 to 29 minutes: 3709
30 to 34 minutes: 7224
35 to 39 minutes: 845
40 to 44 minutes: 774
45 to 59 minutes: 1644
60 to 89 minutes: 1173
90 or more minutes: 976

Chattanooga mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 54,922 (79%)
Carpooled: 9,189 (13%)
Bus or trolley bus: 1,099 (2%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 12 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 11 (0%)
Railroad: 7 (0%)
Ferryboat: 6 (0%)
Taxi: 282 (0%)
Motorcycle: 76 (0%)
Bicycle: 105 (0%)
Walked: 1,534 (2%)
Other means: 465 (1%)
Worked at home: 1,419 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 10010
$10,000 to $14,999: 5124
$15,000 to $19,999: 5415
$20,000 to $24,999: 5498
$25,000 to $29,999: 4651
$30,000 to $34,999: 4326
$35,000 to $39,999: 3863
$40,000 to $44,999: 3805
$45,000 to $49,999: 2901
$50,000 to $59,999: 5115
$60,000 to $74,999: 5500
$75,000 to $99,999: 4348
$100,000 to $124,999: 1788
$125,000 to $149,999: 1093
$150,000 to $199,999: 929
$200,000 or more: 1147

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 56287

United States or American: 19092

English: 9329

Irish: 8296

German: 7131

Scotch-Irish: 2824

Scottish: 2132

French (except Basque): 1503

Italian: 1287

Dutch: 1028

Subsaharan African:: 1012

African: 980

European: 883

British: 612

Polish: 600

Welsh: 431

Arab:: 337

Swedish: 318

Greek: 308

Norwegian: 302

Russian: 245

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 217

French Canadian: 178

Yugoslavian: 160

Finnish: 133

Hungarian: 131

Canadian: 129

Jamaican: 114

Swiss: 108

Palestinian: 106

Danish: 90

Lithuanian: 86

Czech: 84

Iranian: 81

Northern European: 73

Czechoslovakian: 71

Ukrainian: 62

Lebanese: 57

Eastern European: 56

Egyptian: 55

Iraqi: 46

Austrian: 38

Armenian: 36

Slavic: 35

Slovak: 33

Arab/Arabic: 32

Scandinavian: 31

Portuguese: 31

Slovene: 28

Bulgarian: 28

Serbian: 27

Other Arab: 25

Brazilian: 23

Barbadian: 23

German Russian: 22

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 22

West Indian: 22

Celtic: 18

Latvian: 18

British West Indian: 17

Pennsylvania German: 16

Ghanian: 15

Australian: 15

Acadian/Cajun: 14

Haitian: 13

Croatian: 11

Belgian: 10

Basque: 10

Turkish: 10

Jordanian: 10

Nigerian: 9

Zimbabwean: 8

Romanian: 7

Icelander: 7

Albanian: 7

Syrian: 6

Bermudan: 6

New Zealander: 5

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Mexico (14%)
India (11%)
Guatemala (8%)
Vietnam (5%)
Philippines (4%)
United Kingdom (4%)
Canada (4%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 98671
Northeast: 4289
Midwest: 8895
South: 34370
West: 2986

53% of Chattanooga residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 29% lived in Tennessee.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 526
Nursery to 4th grade: 362
5th and 6th grade: 784
7th and 8th grade: 1,569
9th grade: 1,413
10th grade: 1,793
11th grade: 1,762
12th grade, no diploma: 1,996
High school graduate (or equivalency): 12,291
Less than 1 year of college: 3,088
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 7,938
Associate degree: 2,457
Bachelor's degree: 7,300
Master's degree: 2,204
Professional school degree: 1,169
Doctorate degree: 654

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 579
Nursery to 4th grade: 443
5th and 6th grade: 759
7th and 8th grade: 2,310
9th grade: 1,782
10th grade: 2,464
11th grade: 2,471
12th grade, no diploma: 2,298
High school graduate (or equivalency): 15,961
Less than 1 year of college: 3,743
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 9,590
Associate degree: 3,370
Bachelor's degree: 7,284
Master's degree: 2,879
Professional school degree: 728
Doctorate degree: 231

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 5.4%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 6.0%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 11.5%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 11.7%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 5.2%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 21.8%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 4.8%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 1.3%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 3.2%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 7.0%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 18.4%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 5.1%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 4.2%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $48,757
Black householders: $23,122
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $27,068
Asian householders: $55,728
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $53,143
Some other race householders: $33,832
Two or more races householders: $24,951
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $24,946

Chattanooga household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Chattanooga household income for Black householders

Chattanooga household income for Some other race householders

Chattanooga household income for Two or more races householders

Chattanooga household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Chattanooga marital status for males

Chattanooga marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $147,622
Black or African American householders: $102,225
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $230,368
Asian householders: $193,181
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $169,677
Some other race householders: $104,639
Two or more races householders: $117,357
Hispanic or Latino householders: $111,401

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 42,495
One, attached: 2,642
Two: 6,674
3 or 4: 3,690
5 to 9: 4,969
10 to 19: 3,784
20 to 49: 2,226
50 or more: 4,477
Mobile homes: 1,105
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 45

Median worth of mobile homes: $15,500

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Chattanooga:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Electricity (53%) Utility gas (42%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Electricity (77%) Utility gas (19%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2,427

Here:	14.9%
Tennessee:	9.5%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1,091

Here:	15.0%
Tennessee:	10.4%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,472

Here:	16.7%
Tennessee:	22.8%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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