Altoona vs Lookout Mountain

A side-by-side comparison of Altoona and Lookout Mountain: population, income, housing, and more.

Altoona and Lookout Mountain are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Altoona has the higher population (1,211 vs 1,074 in Lookout Mountain). Lookout Mountain has the higher median household income ($43,472 vs $36,694 in Altoona). Altoona has the higher median home value ($137,500 vs $95,500 in Lookout Mountain).

Population, income & housing

	Altoona	Lookout Mountain
Population	1,211	1,074
Median age	41.0 yrs	52.4 yrs
Median household income	$36,694	$43,472
Median home value	$137,500	$95,500
Median gross rent	$389	—
Housing units	557	567
Homeownership rate	60.7%	94.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altoona	Lookout Mountain
Population	883 → 1,211 (+37.1%)	1,884 → 1,074 (-43.0%)
Median household income	$32,000 → $36,694 (+14.7%)	$39,559 → $43,472 (+9.9%)
Median home value	$83,300 → $137,500 (+65.1%)	$92,300 → $95,500 (+3.5%)
Median gross rent	$299 → $389 (+30.1%)	—

Altoona

Population

8831,211

Median household income

$32,000$36,694

Median home value

$83,300$137,500

Median gross rent

$299$389

Lookout Mountain

Population

1,8841,074

Median household income

$39,559$43,472

Median home value

$92,300$95,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altoona	Lookout Mountain
Under 5	5.0%	0.7%
5 to 17	7.5%	14.4%
18 to 24	5.1%	7.3%
25 to 34	11.9%	5.8%
35 to 44	22.7%	4.2%
45 to 54	15.9%	20.9%
55 to 64	11.3%	20.9%
65 to 74	14.5%	12.8%
75 and over	6.1%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altoona	Lookout Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	96.6%
Black or African American	1.2%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altoona	Lookout Mountain
No high school diploma	15.0%	32.7%
High school graduate	51.3%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	2.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altoona	Lookout Mountain
Drove alone	93.4%	83.9%
Carpooled	0.7%	13.5%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	2.6%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altoona	Lookout Mountain
1-unit, detached	62.1%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.9%	26.3%

Poverty & households

	Altoona	Lookout Mountain
Poverty rate	24.4%	32.2%
Average household size	2.54	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	30	21
Median year structure built	1975	1983