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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 associated 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: 10.40% 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.

One thing noticeable about Chattanooga, although not a huge city, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That’s because Chattanooga is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Chattanooga a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

The population of Chattanooga is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 34.13% of adults in Chattanooga have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Chattanooga in 2018 was $37,983, which is wealthy relative to Tennessee, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $151,932 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.