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Chattanooga, TN
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Living in Chattanooga



Chattanooga is a relatively large city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 184,086 people and 56 constituent neighborhoods, Chattanooga is the fourth largest community in Tennessee.

Also of interest is that Chattanooga has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.97% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

Another interesting thing about Chattanooga, despite not being a huge city, is that there is a relatively high proportion of people living here who are young, single, and upwardly-mobile professionals. This makes it a good choice for other relocating single professionals. Here, these young singles will find many others like themselves, with opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

In terms of college education, Chattanooga is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 31.98% of adults in Chattanooga have a college degree.

The per capita income in Chattanooga in 2018 was $34,080, which is wealthy relative to Tennessee, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $136,320 for a family of four. However, Chattanooga contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Chattanooga is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Chattanooga home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Chattanooga residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Chattanooga include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Chattanooga is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.