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Tennessee: Chattanooga & the Surrounding Foothills
The Tennessee side of Choice Homes' service area is anchored by Chattanooga, a city of roughly 194,000 people built along a bend in the Tennessee River at the foot of Lookout Mountain. It's the seat of Hamilton County and the region's hub for dining, arts, and outdoor recreation — from the Tennessee Aquarium downtown to the mountain biking trails on Stringer's Ridge.
Beyond Chattanooga proper, this side of the service area reaches into Marion, Grundy, and Bradley counties — small river and mountain towns like Signal Mountain, South Pittsburg, Monteagle, and Cleveland. Tennessee has no state income tax, one of the reasons buyers from higher-tax states are drawn here.
18 Tennessee Communities
Bradley County SeatCleveland
From $300K-$370K · ~30 Miles from Chattanooga
Cleveland is the county seat and largest city of Bradley County, with a population of 47,356, located about 30 miles northeast of Chattanooga. It has a substantial manufacturing base, hosting employers like Whirlpool, Mars, and Duracell.
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Cumberland Plateau TownMonteagle
From $370K-$510K · Historic Monteagle Assembly
Monteagle is a small town on the Cumberland Plateau spanning Grundy, Marion, and Franklin counties, with a population of 1,393. Founded in 1870, it's home to the Chautauqua-style Monteagle Sunday School Assembly, established in 1882.
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County SeatPhoto: WeaponizingArchitecture, CC BY-SA 4.0Chattanooga
From $285K-$365K · On the Tennessee River
Chattanooga is the seat of Hamilton County and Tennessee's fourth-largest city, with an estimated population of 194,144. It sits along the Tennessee River where the Appalachian ridge-and-valley country meets the Cumberland Plateau.
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Historic DistrictSignal Mountain
From $555K-$710K · Atop Walden Ridge
Signal Mountain is a chartered town atop the south end of Walden Ridge, 8 miles from downtown Chattanooga, with its southern edge overlooking the Tennessee River 1,000 feet below. Its population was 8,852 at the 2020 census.
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Census-Designated PlaceApison
From $405K-$520K · East of Chattanooga
Apison is an unincorporated community in Hamilton County with a population of 4,428 at the 2020 census. It's a rural area east of Chattanooga near Ooltewah and Collegedale.
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McKee Foods HQCollegedale
From $370K-$475K · Near White Oak Mountain
Collegedale is an incorporated city of 11,109 residents, home to Southern Adventist University and the headquarters of McKee Foods, maker of Little Debbie. Downtown Chattanooga lies about 19 miles west.
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Georgia Border CityEast Ridge
From $255K-$325K · Near Missionary Ridge
East Ridge is an incorporated city of 22,167 residents bordered by Chattanooga on three sides and the Georgia state line to the south. Incorporated in 1921, it takes its name from its location east of Missionary Ridge.
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Former County SeatHarrison
From $290K-$365K · On Chickamauga Lake
Harrison is a census-designated place of 7,902 residents that served as the Hamilton County seat starting in 1840. Much of the original community was flooded when TVA completed Chickamauga Dam in 1940; Harrison Bay State Park is there today.
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On Chickamauga DamHixson
From $240K-$305K · On the Tennessee River
Hixson is a former unincorporated community, now part of Chattanooga, with a population of 14,216. It lies in northeastern Chattanooga, bordered to the east by the Tennessee River, with the Chickamauga Dam forming part of its eastern boundary.
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Tennessee River CommunityMiddle Valley
From $300K-$380K · Part of Chattanooga Metro
Middle Valley is an unincorporated census-designated place in Hamilton County with a population of 11,695 at the 2020 census, part of the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Former County SeatOoltewah
From $390K-$495K · Enclave Within Collegedale
Ooltewah is a small, historic census-designated place that was once the seat of James County until that county merged into Hamilton County in 1919. Its former courthouse is on the National Register of Historic Places, and it now functions as an enclave within Collegedale.
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Chattanooga EnclaveRed Bank
From $275K-$350K · Base of Cumberland Plateau
Red Bank is an incorporated city of 11,899 residents entirely surrounded by the city limits of Chattanooga, sitting at the base of the Cumberland Plateau about 5 miles north of downtown.
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Historic Coal TownSoddy-Daisy
From $320K-$405K · On Chickamauga Lake
Soddy-Daisy was formed in 1969 by the merger of the Soddy and Daisy coal-mining communities, and has a population of 13,070. It sits along Walden Ridge with an inlet of Chickamauga Lake on its eastern edge, about 16 miles north of Chattanooga.
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Census-Designated PlaceSale Creek
From $180K-$240K · Along U.S. Route 27
Sale Creek is an unincorporated community of 3,021 residents in northern Hamilton County, lying along U.S. Route 27 between Chattanooga and Dayton.
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NRHP-Listed SchoolBirchwood
Near Hiwassee Island
Birchwood is an unincorporated community in Hamilton and Meigs counties along Tennessee State Routes 60 and 312. It's near Hiwassee Island and the Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge, home of the annual Tennessee Sandhill Crane Festival.
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Historic DistrictSouth Pittsburg
From $140K-$180K · On the Tennessee River
South Pittsburg is a small city of 3,106 residents founded in 1876 as an industrial town modeled on Pittsburgh, PA. Its downtown historic district is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and the city sits on the Tennessee River just downstream of Nickajack Dam.
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Marion County SeatJasper
From $250K-$280K · On Nickajack Lake
Jasper is the county seat of Marion County, with a population of 3,612. Founded in 1820, the town sits in the Sequatchie Valley along the Tennessee River, with Nickajack Dam and Lake within its boundaries, about 20 miles west of Chattanooga.
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Coal Mining HeritageWhitwell
From $225K-$300K · Home of the Paper Clips Project
Whitwell is a small city of 1,641 residents about 24 miles northwest of Chattanooga. Once a 19th-century coal-mining town, it's now home to the Coal Miners Museum and the internationally known Paper Clips Project, a Holocaust memorial started by local middle-schoolers in 1998.
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