East Ridge is a medium-sized city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 21,936 people and five associated neighborhoods, East Ridge is the 31st largest community in Tennessee.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.94% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

East Ridge is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

The citizens of East Ridge are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.45% of adults in East Ridge having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in East Ridge in 2018 was $30,355, which is upper middle income relative to Tennessee, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $121,420 for a family of four. However, East Ridge contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

East Ridge is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call East Ridge home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of East Ridge residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. East Ridge also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.33% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in East Ridge include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Yugoslavian.

The most common language spoken in East Ridge is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Serbo-Croatian.