Chattanooga Valley is home to 4,601 people in Georgia. 31.0% of locals live below the federal poverty line. The foreign-born share is 0%. 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. That trails the Georgia median by roughly 32%. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $205,300.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $52,813, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 35.8
US median: 38.9
Less educated
23% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 41%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Chattanooga Valley
What changed most since 1990
Poverty rate7.8% → 31.0%(+23.2 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Homes owned by their occupants84.0% → 71.1%(−12.9 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Median household income (2024 dollars)$64,010 → $52,813(−17%)US over the same years: +14%
Chattanooga Valley's population equals 6.7% of Walker County's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 16% of the county's. Its number of people who work from home equals 4.0% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)7.9%(15)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)40%(76)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era71.6%(136)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 190 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Chattanooga Valley, decade by decade
Chattanooga Valley population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
4,088
$64,010
$122,404
7.9%
0.7
2000
4,065
$63,667
$145,186
11.9%
5.3
2010
3,846
$58,143
$141,555
11.5%
10.6
2020
3,962
$48,765
$126,173
14.9%
23.8
2024
4,601
$52,813
$205,300
23.4%
34.4
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
