East Ridge, Tennessee

East Ridge population, 2020 to 2024

East Ridge lost 237 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.1%. In the latest year it moved by -58. Among 104 Tennessee places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 92nd; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Tennessee has 12,136 people, so East Ridge is 1.8 times that size.

East Ridge covers 8.28 square miles of land, for 2,653 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so East Ridge is denser than the typical town.

What county East Ridge is in

All of East Ridge's residents live in Hamilton County, which had 386,256 residents in 2024. East Ridge holds 5.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in East Ridge

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps East Ridge by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 37412. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where East Ridge is

The Census internal point of East Ridge is at 34.997300, -85.228500. Nashville, the capital, is 119.0 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Chattanooga, TN (191,496 people), 4.9 miles away.

Daylight in East Ridge

At 35.00° N, East Ridge gets about 14 h 31 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 48 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 43 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near East Ridge

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Chattanooga, 4.9 miles away, with 191,496 people.