A ZIP code hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic last year, with some of Chattanooga’s most at-risk neighborhoods, is now home to the lowest percentage of vaccinated residents in Hamilton County, according to data from Get Vaccinated Chattanooga, a newly-formed vaccine education campaign.
Although 36.7% of Hamilton County residents overall have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, ZIP code-level vaccine data from the Tennessee Department of Health that was obtained and analyzed by the Get Vaccinated Chattanooga coalition shows large disparities in vaccination rates throughout the county.
Jesse Houser, volunteer data analyst for Get Vaccinated Chattanooga, said that 6.9% of residents from the 37407 ZIP code – which contains the Clifton Hills and East Lake neighborhoods – have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
That’s well below the county’s most-vaccinated ZIP code, 37408, where 65.6% of residents living along Chattanooga’s Southside Historic District and South Broad are at least partially vaccinated.
Other ZIP codes with the lowest vaccination rates in Hamilton County include nearby Alton Park (37410), East Chattanooga (37406) and Fort Wood/UTC (37403). Sparsely populated 37338 in the Northwest corner of Hamilton County also has a low vaccination rate.