East Ridge is a medium-sized city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 21,961 people and five associated neighborhoods, East Ridge is the 31st largest community in Tennessee.Unlike some cities, East Ridge isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in East Ridge are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, East Ridge is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in East Ridge who work in sales jobs (11.67%), office and administrative support (11.64%), and food service (9.75%). Also of interest is that East Ridge has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.19% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The population of East Ridge overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in East Ridge, 23.12% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in East Ridge in 2022 was $31,661, which is upper middle income relative to Tennessee, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $126,644 for a family of four. However, East Ridge contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. East Ridge is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call East Ridge home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of East Ridge residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. East Ridge also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.28% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in East Ridge include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in East Ridge is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Serbo-Croatian.
