Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Chattanooga and Centerville

Since I've been thinking so much about whether to stay here in the Dayton area or to move back to my much loved city of Chattanooga - I did a little research about the statistics in both of the cities.

CENTERVILLE, OH -

Racial makeup:
92.33% White, 2.94% African American, 0.13% Native American, 3.17% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 0.26% from other races, and 1.10% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.18% of the population.

Median household income:
$54,892

Percentage of population below the poverty line:
4.1%

Percentage of female householder with no husband present:
7.9%

CHATTANOOGA, TN -
Racial makeup:
59.71% White, 36.06% Black, 2.11% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race, 0.29% American Indian, 1.54% Asian, 0.11% Pacific Islander, 1.01% from other races, and 1.30% from two or more races.

Median household income:
$32,006

Percentage of population below the poverty line:
17.9%

Percentage of female householder with no husband present:
17.3%

Needless to say there are some pretty informative differences behind these numbers.