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Ooltewah CDP, Tennessee: commercial real estate data.
Ooltewah CDP is a Census CDP of 578 people across 0.62 square miles of land, in Hamilton County. Median household income is $62,292, 63.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 33 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $9.9 m.
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Ooltewah
What Ooltewah is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area0.62 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land935 plus or minus 419
- County holding the largest share of its areaHamilton County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ooltewah
How many people live in Ooltewah
- Population578 plus or minus 259
- Median age57.2 plus or minus 36.3
- Population under 1893 plus or minus 77
- Share under 1816.1 percent plus or minus 11.1
- Population 65 and over212 plus or minus 118
- Share 65 and over36.7 percent plus or minus 12.2
- Households284 plus or minus 114
- Family households177 plus or minus 86
- Share of households that are families62.3 percent plus or minus 17.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ooltewah
Income and work in Ooltewah
- Median household income$62,292 plus or minus $37,458
- Per capita income$43,641 plus or minus $14,492
- Civilian labor force281 plus or minus 150
- Employed281 plus or minus 150
- Unemployed0
- Unemployment rate0.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over485 plus or minus 205
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher24.7 percent plus or minus 11.1
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.5 percent plus or minus 8.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ooltewah
Housing in Ooltewah
- Housing units333 plus or minus 132
- Occupied units284 plus or minus 114
- Vacant units49 plus or minus 76
- Vacancy rate14.7 percent plus or minus 22.1
- Owner occupied181 plus or minus 102
- Renter occupied103 plus or minus 61
- Ownership rate63.7 percent plus or minus 25.2
- Median owner-occupied home value$240,900 plus or minus $92,521
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,717
- Annual rent as a share of median income33.1 percent plus or minus 19.9
- Single family units186 plus or minus 88
- Share single family55.9 percent plus or minus 14.6
- Units in buildings of two or more48 plus or minus 75
- Share in buildings of two or more14.4 percent plus or minus 21.9
- Mobile homes99 plus or minus 99
- Median year structure built1975
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ooltewah
How Ooltewah gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute236 plus or minus 107
- Commuting under 15 minutes86 plus or minus 75
- Share commuting under 15 minutes36.4 percent plus or minus 27.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more29 plus or minus 50
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more12.3 percent plus or minus 20.4
- Drove alone54.1 percent plus or minus 16.2
- Carpooled22.4 percent plus or minus 13.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked4.3 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Worked from home16.0 percent plus or minus 22.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ooltewah
SBA loans in Ooltewah (7(a))
- Approvals33
- Gross approval$9,901,800
- Average approval$300,055
- Median approval$160,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$647,500
- Largest approval$1,662,000
- Jobs supported331
- Jobs per approval10.0
- Loans with a final outcome5
- Paid in full4
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more3.0 percent
- Share to franchises45.5 percent
- Distinct lenders17
- Distinct industries by NAICS22
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 5 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Ooltewah
SBA loans in Ooltewah (504)
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$4,437,000
- Average approval$739,500
- Median approval$862,000
- Largest approval$1,250,000
- Jobs supported94
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Hamilton County, not Ooltewah
Hamilton County context, not Ooltewah figures
These are Hamilton County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Ooltewah measurements.
- Establishments in Hamilton County9,883
- Employment at those establishments, Hamilton County205,761
- Covered employment, Hamilton County221,207
- Average annual pay, Hamilton County$66,004
- Average weekly wage, Hamilton County$1,269
- Housing units permitted, Hamilton County2,130
- Of those, single family, Hamilton County1,537
- County product, 2024, Hamilton County$37,279,203,000
- County product change over the prior year, Hamilton County3.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Hamilton County$92,528
Every figure in this section is published for Hamilton County as a whole and is not a measurement of Ooltewah. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Ooltewah questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Ooltewah, Tennessee?
578, in 284 households. Ooltewah CDP covers 0.62 square miles of land, which is 935 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Ooltewah in?
Hamilton County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Ooltewah?
$62,292. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $240,900. Median gross rent is $1,717 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Ooltewah businesses?
33 7(a) approvals totalling $9.9 m, across 17 lenders, median approval $160,000, plus 6 504 approvals worth $4.4 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Ooltewah, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Ooltewah borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Ooltewah. only 5 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Ooltewah figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Hamilton County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Ooltewah.
Is zoning published for Ooltewah?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.