East Ridge is a city of 22,070 people in Tennessee. 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. There are 2,665 people per square mile. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $211,100. Owners hold 58% of the housing stock. 82% were living in the same home a year earlier.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $62,247, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 37.6
US median: 38.9
Less educated
24% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 44%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about East Ridge
What changed most since 1990
White share97.6% → 66.0%(−31.6 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Black share0.4% → 11.1%(+10.6 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Adults with a bachelor's degree15.9% → 24.2%(+8.4 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
East Ridge's population equals 5.9% of Hamilton County's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 4.0% of the county's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 8.5% 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)4.9%(59)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)9.4%(113)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era45.6%(546)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War7.3%(87)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,198 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
East Ridge, decade by decade
East Ridge 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
21,101
$64,149
$132,244
15.9%
5.9
2000
20,640
$66,212
$146,461
15.3%
17.3
2010
20,979
$56,229
$170,614
19.8%
40.4
2020
22,167
$57,949
$161,444
21.9%
65.3
2024
22,070
$62,247
$211,100
24.2%
65.3
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.
