South · Tennessee · pop 184K
Chattanooga, TN
Fair match
at the reference profile: one person earning $6,700/mo gross, default weights.
Personalize this score →After estimated taxes in TN, your $6,700/mo income nets about $5,412 — covering estimated essentials here (about $1,046 rent plus everyday costs incl. local sales tax) with roughly $1,986 left over.
Expect summer highs near 89°F, winter lows around 31°F, and about 209 sunny days a year.
The job market looks healthy: 3.4% unemployment and 1.9% job growth over the past year.
Tradeoff: reported crime rates are higher than most cities here, so research specific neighborhoods before deciding.
The Chattanooga fit print
Est. monthly cost
$3,426/mo
Typical rent
$1,230/mo
Home value ÷ income
5.3×
Score breakdown
The data behind the score
Money (Census ACS · HUD)
- Median gross rent
- $1,160/mo
- HUD fair market rent (2BR)
- $1,230/mo
- Median home value
- $290,000
- Median household income
- $55,000
- Population
- 184,000
Work (BLS)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.4%
- Job growth (1yr)
- 1.9%
Safety (FBI CDE, per 100k)
- Violent crime rate
- 980
- Property crime rate
- 4,600
Climate (NOAA normals)
- Avg. summer high
- 89°F
- Avg. winter low
- 31°F
- Sunny days / year
- 209
- Days ≥100°F by 2050 (air temp)
- ≈16/yr
- Dangerous humid days by 2050 (feels-like)
- ≈72/yr
- Unhealthy air days
- ≈7/yr
- Annual rain
- 53"
- Annual snow
- 3"
Community & access (approx.)
- 2024 county margin
- R+12
- Int'l airport
- ≈118 mi
- Walkability
- 27/100
- Disaster risk
- 52/100
Data vintage: sample-approx-2024. Sources & methodology — this deployment is running the bundled sample dataset; figures are approximate.
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