Quality of life in Chattanooga
Chattanooga, Tennessee, is among the top cities with a free business environment. According to our city rankings, this is a good place to live with high ratings in housing, healthcare and environmental quality.
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, is among the top cities with a free business environment. According to our city rankings, this is a good place to live with high ratings in housing, healthcare and environmental quality.
Large apartment | $1300.00 |
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Medium apartment | $1100.00 |
Rent index [score] | 0.69 |
Small apartment | $930.00 |
5km taxi ride | $1.40 |
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A Cappuccino | $4.10 |
A beer | $2.30 |
A kilogram of Apples | $3.40 |
Bread | $0.76 |
Inflation [score] | 0.61 |
Lunch | $13.00 |
Monthly fitness club membership | $41.00 |
Monthly public transport | $30.00 |
Movie ticket | $12.00 |
Price of a meal at a restaurant | $61.08 |
Average monthly increase in number of startups | 2 |
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Average monthly increase in number of startups [score] | 0.27 |
Coworking spaces [score] | 0.39 |
Coworking spaces on WorkFrom.co | 11 |
Meetups [score] | 0.19 |
Meetups groups | 38 |
Meetups members | 7119 |
Number of investors | 21 |
Number of startup events in the last 12 months | 223 |
Number of upcoming meetup events | 8 |
Startup climate scene [score] | 0.46 |
Startup events | 137 |
Startup events [score] | 0.72 |
Startups [score] | 0.51 |
Total number of startups | 82 |
Funding accelerator names | Co.Lab accelerator |
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Number of funding accelerators | 1 |
Venture capital [score] | 0.22 |
Airport hub | 8 |
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Airport hub [score] | 0.12 |
Intercity train connectivity [score] | 0.12 |
Human city page | http://cities.human.co/details/United_States/Chattanooga |
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Traffic handling [score] | 0.32 |
Business freedom | 84.70 |
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Business freedom [score] | 0.86 |
Freedom from corruption | 74.00 |
Freedom from corruption [score] | 0.79 |
Lack of labor restrictions | 91.40 |
Lack of labor restrictions [score] | 1.00 |
Time to open a business | 5.60 |
Time to open a business [score] | 0.95 |
Crime rate [score] | 0.42 |
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Gun-related deaths per 100,000 residents per year | 16 |
Guns per 100 residents | 96 |
Lack of gun related deaths [score] | 0.57 |
Lack of guns [score] | 0.47 |
Lack of guns and gun-related deaths [score] | 0.52 |
Healthcare expenditure [score] | 0.99 |
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Healthcare quality [score] | 0.79 |
Life expectancy (years) | 79.28 |
Life expectancy [score] | 0.76 |
Country mean scores in PISA math test | 478.04 |
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Country mean scores in PISA reading test | 497.58 |
Country mean scores in PISA science test | 497.41 |
PISA math ranking (high school) | 30 |
PISA ranking | 24 |
PISA ranking (high school) [score] | 0.72 |
PISA reading (high school) | 16 |
PISA science (high school) | 19 |
Percent of happy students | 0.77 |
Percent of low performers in PISA math test | 0.26 |
Percent of low performers in PISA reading test | 0.17 |
Percent of low performers in PISA science test | 0.18 |
Percent of top performers in PISA math test | 0.09 |
Percent of top performers in PISA reading test | 0.08 |
Percent of top performers in PISA science test | 0.07 |
Air quality [score] | 0.85 |
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Cleanliness [score] | 0.61 |
Drinking water quality [score] | 0.70 |
Urban greenery [score] | 0.70 |
Currency exchange rate per US dollar for urban area | 1.00 |
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Currency for urban area | USD |
GDP growth rate | 0.02 |
GDP growth rate [score] | 0.43 |
GDP per capita | $54596.65 |
GDP per capita [score] | 0.87 |
Effective company profit tax rate on payouts as dividends [score] | 0.54 |
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Income tax level [score] | 0.41 |
Profit tax (% of profit) | 0.44 |
Time overhead to file company taxes | 175 |
VAT (Sales Tax) | 0.09 |
Download speed (Mbps) | 73.47 |
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Internet access (download) [score] | 0.75 |
Internet access (upload) [score] | 0.92 |
Upload speed (Mbps) | 37.14 |
Art galleries | 79 |
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Art galleries [score] | 0.63 |
Cinemas | 44 |
Cinemas [score] | 0.47 |
Comedy clubs | 11 |
Comedy clubs [score] | 0.72 |
Concert venues | 61 |
Concerts [score] | 0.47 |
Historical sites | 40 |
Historical sites [score] | 0.46 |
Museums | 20 |
Museums [score] | 0.38 |
Performing art venues | 53 |
Performing arts [score] | 0.43 |
Sport venues | 28 |
Sports [score] | 0.49 |
Zoos | 4 |
Zoos [score] | 0.69 |
LGBT Equality Index | 70.00 |
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LGBT Equality Index [score] | 0.71 |
LGBT adoption rights | Ambiguous |
LGBT age of consent | ✔ Equal |
LGBT blood donation regulations | ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral) |
LGBT conversion therapy regulations | Ambiguous |
LGBT discrimination legality | ✖ No protections |
LGBT employment discrimination legality | ✖ No protections |
LGBT gender changing rights | ✔ Legal, but requires surgery |
LGBT homosexuality rights | ✔ Legal |
LGBT housing discrimination legality | ✖ No protections |
LGBT marriage rights | ✔ Legal |
Tolerance towards minorities [score] | 0.25 |
Elevation (hills or mountains) [score] | 0.19 |
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Median peak in meters | 379.50 |
Presence of hills in city | 1.00 |
Seaside waterbody | 1.00 |
Urban area elevation (meters) | 206.00 |
Water access [score] | 0.59 |
Costs of living in Chattanooga are in the 102nd place of all 248 Teleport cities. Sign up for free to get access to our cost of living index and use our international cost of living calculator to do cost comparison by city.
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Software Engineer salaries in Chattanooga are above average. For this job type, Chattanooga ranks 54th for salaries among 265 cities. Get access to our salary comparison calculator by signing up. Compare salaries city by city with our free salary wizard and convert your own salary to a local salary in Chattanooga.
The overall crime rate puts Chattanooga in position 199 of 266 Teleport Cities in a ranking for the safest cities.
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Chattanooga is the 4th largest city in Tennessee. It is the seat of Hamilton County. It is in Southeast Tennessee on the Tennessee River and near the border of Georgia. It is famous for being immortalized in the popular song Chattanooga Choo Choo, made famous by Glenn Miller.
Chattanooga played an important role during the American Civil War, when it was a major railroad hub and one of the most industrialized parts of the Confederacy along with the nearby city of Atlanta, resulting in Chattanooga and being at the center of numerous pitched battles. Many of the tourist attractions center around Civil War history such as numerous battlefield parks in and around the city. It is less prominent today because of the decline of its famed railroad, immortalized in the popular song Chattanooga Choo Choo, which is also commemorated in numerous tourist attractions and the popular Chattanooga Choo Choo hotel. As of the census of 2000, there are 155,554 people, 65,499 households, and 39,626 families residing in the city. There are 72,108 housing units at an average density of 205.9/km² (533.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 59.71% White, 36.06% African American, 0.29% Native American, 1.54% Asian. 2.11% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Despite its economic loss and a small population, the city has become notably modernized, urbanized, and economically revitalized, receiving nationally recognition for the renaissance of its once-dilapidated, post-Industrial downtown and redevelopment of its riverfront. Within the last ten years the city has won three national awards for outstanding "livability", and nine Gunther Blue Ribbon Awards for excellence in housing and consolidated planning. An early cornerstone of this project was the restoration of the historic Walnut Street Bridge, which is now the world's longest pedestrian bridge. Chattanooga is the corporate headquarters and home of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Tennessee, Rock Creek Outfitters, Krystal, Chattem, Unum, The Chattanooga Bakery (home of the Moon Pie), and Miller Industries, and the largest tow truck manufacturer in the world (Chattanooga is the birthplace of the tow truck, so you'll also find tourist attractions such as the tow truck museum to commemorate this). Chattanooga is also home to the Tennessee Valley Authority, a self-funding government agency which operates numerous power plants in the South. Following the city's industrial decline, many businesses in the banking and insurance industries also set up operations in Chattanooga; the city is home to large branch offices of Cigna, AT&T and UBS.
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