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Best places to live in Greater Chattanooga

24 places with 480,716 residents within about 20 km of Chattanooga, ranked for 29 household profiles. Local data: official statistics on affordability, green space, education and family, health and elderly, jobs and economy, lifestyle and amenities, mobility and connectivity and safety and community (local or regional figures, sources on every place page) plus population and geography.

A greater area here means every municipality whose nearest big-city core is Chattanooga, within a radius that grows with the size of the city (20 to 60 km). It is a practical commuting belt, not an official region.

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For young families

  1. 1Lakeview (Georgia)
    Georgia, 4,839 residents    63
  2. 2Signal Mountain
    Tennessee, 8,528 residents    62
  3. 3East Chattanooga
    Tennessee, 154,024 residents    61
  4. 4Fort Oglethorpe
    Georgia, 9,803 residents    61
  5. 5Red Bank (Tennessee)
    Tennessee, 11,769 residents    57
  6. 6Lookout Mountain (Tennessee)
    Tennessee, 1,884 residents    55
  7. 7Soddy-Daisy
    Tennessee, 13,171 residents    55
  8. 8Chattanooga
    Tennessee, 181,099 residents    54
  9. 9East Brainerd
    Tennessee, 15,114 residents    54
  10. 10Middle Valley
    Tennessee, 12,684 residents    52

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For retired couples

  1. 1Signal Mountain
    Tennessee, 8,528 residents    68
  2. 2East Chattanooga
    Tennessee, 154,024 residents    68
  3. 3Fort Oglethorpe
    Georgia, 9,803 residents    68
  4. 4Red Bank (Tennessee)
    Tennessee, 11,769 residents    67
  5. 5Chattanooga
    Tennessee, 181,099 residents    66
  6. 6East Brainerd
    Tennessee, 15,114 residents    66
  7. 7Lakeview (Georgia)
    Georgia, 4,839 residents    65
  8. 8Middle Valley
    Tennessee, 12,684 residents    64
  9. 9Soddy-Daisy
    Tennessee, 13,171 residents    64
  10. 10Collegedale
    Tennessee, 10,743 residents    62

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For remote workers

  1. 1Fort Oglethorpe
    Georgia, 9,803 residents    68
  2. 2East Chattanooga
    Tennessee, 154,024 residents    67
  3. 3Signal Mountain
    Tennessee, 8,528 residents    66
  4. 4Chattanooga
    Tennessee, 181,099 residents    65
  5. 5Red Bank (Tennessee)
    Tennessee, 11,769 residents    65
  6. 6East Brainerd
    Tennessee, 15,114 residents    63
  7. 7Soddy-Daisy
    Tennessee, 13,171 residents    63
  8. 8Middle Valley
    Tennessee, 12,684 residents    62
  9. 9Fairview (Georgia)
    Georgia, 6,769 residents    61
  10. 10East Ridge
    Tennessee, 20,979 residents    60

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For commuters

  1. 1East Chattanooga
    Tennessee, 154,024 residents    81
  2. 2Chattanooga
    Tennessee, 181,099 residents    80
  3. 3Lakeview (Georgia)
    Georgia, 4,839 residents    75
  4. 4East Ridge
    Tennessee, 20,979 residents    75
  5. 5Red Bank (Tennessee)
    Tennessee, 11,769 residents    72
  6. 6Rossville (Georgia)
    Georgia, 3,997 residents    70
  7. 7Signal Mountain
    Tennessee, 8,528 residents    70
  8. 8Fort Oglethorpe
    Georgia, 9,803 residents    68
  9. 9Fairview (Georgia)
    Georgia, 6,769 residents    64
  10. 10East Brainerd
    Tennessee, 15,114 residents    64

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For single professionals

  1. 1East Chattanooga
    Tennessee, 154,024 residents    68
  2. 2Chattanooga
    Tennessee, 181,099 residents    67
  3. 3East Ridge
    Tennessee, 20,979 residents    57
  4. 4Red Bank (Tennessee)
    Tennessee, 11,769 residents    55
  5. 5Signal Mountain
    Tennessee, 8,528 residents    52
  6. 6Fort Oglethorpe
    Georgia, 9,803 residents    43
  7. 7East Brainerd
    Tennessee, 15,114 residents    40
  8. 8Middle Valley
    Tennessee, 12,684 residents    37
  9. 9Soddy-Daisy
    Tennessee, 13,171 residents    37
  10. 10Harrison (Tennessee)
    Tennessee, 7,769 residents    35

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For movers on a budget

  1. 1Lakeview (Georgia)
    Georgia, 4,839 residents    65
  2. 2Fort Oglethorpe
    Georgia, 9,803 residents    63
  3. 3Rossville (Georgia)
    Georgia, 3,997 residents    61
  4. 4Fairview (Georgia)
    Georgia, 6,769 residents    61
  5. 5Indian Springs (Georgia, 2,241 residents)
    Georgia, 2,241 residents    58
  6. 6Chattanooga Valley
    Georgia, 3,846 residents    57
  7. 7East Chattanooga
    Tennessee, 154,024 residents    55
  8. 8Chattanooga
    Tennessee, 181,099 residents    53
  9. 9Signal Mountain
    Tennessee, 8,528 residents    53
  10. 10East Ridge
    Tennessee, 20,979 residents    53

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Towns in Greater Chattanooga