Chattanooga ValleyGA
A town of 4,601.
Is Chattanooga Valley a good place to live?
Chattanooga Valley earns a D, 185th among Georgia's 258 graded towns, mostly because of health. Residents are less healthy than 86% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. One bright spot: a typical home costs about $205K, 2.8 years of the Chattanooga metro’s $72K median household income. 31% of residents live below the poverty line in Chattanooga Valley, against 15% in Georgia’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Only 26 of Georgia’s 371 towns score lower on walkability.
99% of working residents leave Chattanooga Valley for work
Where Chattanooga Valley’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Chattanooga Valley grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Georgia), ordered by how far Chattanooga Valley is from typical.
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Lookout Mountain and 19 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Chattanooga Valley. Close and well known come first.
5 mi MountainLookout Mountain
7 mi WaterfallRuby Falls18 mi CaveEllison's Cave7 mi Theme parkLake Winnepesaukah
3 mi National Military ParkChickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park972K visitors a year
9 mi Zoo & aquariumTennessee AquariumPhoto credits
Lookout Mountain: Teke, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ruby Falls: Oydman (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park: Lhughesw5, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tennessee Aquarium: Ɱ, CC BY-SA 4.0
Moving to Chattanooga Valley: who provides what
Chattanooga Valley is unincorporated, so Walker County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Chattanooga Valley.
Chattanooga Valley sends many workers across the state line to East Ridge and is healthier than towns with similar incomes, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Georgia (mostly inland flooding).
For health, Chattanooga Valley earns a D
Against the 6,730 U.S. towns with household incomes like Chattanooga Valley’s, it is less healthy than 71%, so its D isn’t only a matter of income.
17% of adults report frequent physical distress in Chattanooga Valley. Chattanooga Valley beats the Georgia average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 11. 18% of adults smoke cigarettes in Chattanooga Valley.
| Chattanooga Valley | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 29% | 25% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 38% | 35% |
| What stands out | Chattanooga Valley | GA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10.1% | 6.5% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 19.8% | 14.5% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.3% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Chattanooga Valley’s public schools trail 54% of Georgia districts
Its public schools are run by the Walker County school district. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chattanooga Valley Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 449 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within GA on state tests and graduation
About one in three of Chattanooga Valley’s working residents commute to Chattanooga
51% of working residents cross a state line to work, East Ridge among the top destinations. Chattanooga Valley has 315 jobs for its 1,538 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Chattanooga Valley for work: only 1% work in town. Since 2013, Chattanooga Valley has lost 94 jobs, to 315 in 2023. The median household income in Chattanooga Valley is $53,000.
| Chattanooga Valley | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.3% | 9.2% | 8% |
| Median household income | $53,000 | $63,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Chattanooga Valley has mild winters and hot summers
July afternoons average 89.1°: hotter than most of the country, but cooler than 81% of Georgia places with climate records; January nights average 31°.
Chattanooga Valley has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Chattanooga Valley’s January low is 31°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Chattanooga Valley | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 31°F | 33°F | 22°F |
| July high | 89°F | 90°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Inland flooding leads a high hazard risk in Chattanooga Valley
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 87% of Georgia towns, with expected losses of about $446 per resident a year; that rating is what its C for hazard risk is built on.
One flood insurance claim has been paid in Chattanooga Valley since 2009.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Chattanooga Valley
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Chattanooga Valley
About 6 of every 100 Chattanooga Valley residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Georgia.
About Chattanooga Valley
Place in Georgia, United States
Chattanooga Valley is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Walker County, Georgia, United States. The population was 3,962 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Chattanooga, TN–GA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Chattanooga is a Muskogean-language name meaning "rock coming to a point".
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- Area
- 7.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 745 ft
Chattanooga Valley’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Chattanooga Valley.
| Town | GA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chattanooga Valley | #185 | D | B | — | B− | D |
| Fairview | #129 | C | A | — | B− | D |
Chattanooga Valley and Fairview report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Chattanooga Valley with a neighbor →
Questions about Chattanooga Valley
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Chattanooga Valley, GA a good place to live?
Chattanooga Valley grades D overall, better than 13% of U.S. towns and #185 of 258 in Georgia. It grades D for health and B− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Chattanooga Valley, GA expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.