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American Community Survey 2019–2023

Chattanooga area census tracts by residents below the poverty level

Residents below the poverty level is highest in Chattanooga city (south-southwest 3) (50.2%). This table ranks 85 eligible mapped census tracts.

Residents below the poverty level values are ACS five-year survey estimates. Percentage and median rankings exclude tracts below 500 residents; this reduces but does not eliminate sampling uncertainty.

#Census tract areaResidents below the poverty level
1Chattanooga city (south-southwest 3)50.2%
2Chattanooga city (west-southwest 6)42.7%
3Chattanooga city (southwest 6)42.2%
4Chattanooga city (southwest 4)37.3%
5Chattanooga city (southwest 2)35.7%
6Chattanooga city (south-southwest 2)35.4%
7Chattanooga city (west 1)34.1%
8Chattanooga city (south-southwest 1)33.9%
9Chattanooga city (south 2)31.4%
10Chattanooga city (southwest 1)30.7%
11Chattanooga city (southeast 1)29.8%
12Chattanooga city (west-northwest 3)28.9%
13Chattanooga city (west-southwest 5)26.7%
14Chattanooga city (west-northwest 1)23.7%
15Chattanooga city (northwest 3)23.6%
16Chattanooga city (west-southwest 3)23.1%
17East Ridge city (east-southeast)22.3%
18Chattanooga city (southeast 2)22.2%
19Chattanooga city (south 3)19%
20Chattanooga city (southwest 5)18.5%
21Chattanooga city (east-northeast 2)18%
22Chattanooga city (south-southeast)17.9%
23Chattanooga city (south 1)16.7%
24Red Bank city (south)15.9%
25Chattanooga city (southwest 3)15.3%
26Unincorporated (north)15.3%
27Apison CDP15%
28Chattanooga city (northeast 2)14.7%
29Chattanooga city (west-southwest 4)14.4%
30Chattanooga city (northwest 1)13.9%
31Chattanooga city (north-northwest 2)13.8%
32Red Bank city (southwest)13.8%
33Chattanooga city (east 2)12.9%
34Chattanooga city (west 2)12.9%
35East Ridge city (west-southwest)12.5%
36Chattanooga city (east 3)11.7%
37East Ridge city (west-northwest 1)11.7%
38East Ridge city (east)11.6%
39Soddy-Daisy city (south-southwest)11.2%
40Chattanooga city (west-southwest 1)11.1%
41Flat Top Mountain CDP11.1%
42Chattanooga city (west-southwest 2)10.6%
43Chattanooga city (north-northwest 1)10.5%
44Chattanooga city (south-southwest 4)10.5%
45Chattanooga city (east-southeast 1)10.1%
46Chattanooga city (north)10.1%
47Chattanooga city (west 4)10.1%
48Lakesite city (west)10.1%
49East Ridge city (west-northwest 2)9.9%
50Red Bank city (north-northeast)9.7%
51Soddy-Daisy city (west-northwest)9.4%
52Chattanooga city (north-northwest 3)9.1%
53Chattanooga city (north-northeast 2)8.9%
54Chattanooga city (west-northwest 2)8.9%
55Chattanooga city (southeast 3)8.8%
56Collegedale city (north-northeast)8.7%
57Soddy-Daisy city (southwest)8.5%
58Chattanooga city (east 1)7.7%
59Middle Valley CDP (east-southeast)7.6%
60Chattanooga city (east-northeast 1)7.5%
61Chattanooga city (northwest 2)7.4%
62Collegedale city (south-southeast)7.3%
63Chattanooga city (east 4)6.3%
64Harrison CDP6.1%
65Falling Water CDP6%
66Lakesite city (east)5.6%
67Collegedale city (southwest)5.5%
68Chattanooga city (northeast 3)5.3%
69Soddy-Daisy city (east-southeast)5.1%
70Chattanooga city (north-northeast 1)5%
71Middle Valley CDP (west)5%
72Unincorporated (north-northeast)4.6%
73Unincorporated (west)4.6%
74Sale Creek CDP4.5%
75Signal Mountain town (north)4.5%
76Unincorporated (south)4.2%
77Soddy-Daisy city (north-northeast)3.5%
78Chattanooga city (northeast 1)3.3%
79Middle Valley CDP (north)3.2%
80Chattanooga city (east-southeast 2)2.9%
81Chattanooga city (west 3)2.6%
82Signal Mountain town (south)2.3%
83Fairmount CDP2.2%
84Lookout Mountain town2%
85Chattanooga city (east-southeast 4)1.9%

Method and source

Values come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates. Census tracts are small statistical areas, not necessarily neighbourhood boundaries. The result is a descriptive comparison of the mapped area, not a measure of individual households or a prediction. Read about the American Community Survey.