East Brainerd is an unincorporated community and former census-designated place (CDP) located in Hamilton County, Tennessee, in the United States. It is situated within the Chattanooga, TN–GA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The population of East Brainerd was recorded as 14,132 during the 2000 census; however, it was not recorded at the 2010 census. The area serves as a residential and geographic locality within the broader metropolitan region.