Ballplay vs Lookout Mountain

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

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

Ballplay has the higher population (1,149 vs 1,074 in Lookout Mountain). Ballplay has the higher median household income ($60,825 vs $43,472 in Lookout Mountain). Ballplay has the higher median home value ($152,800 vs $95,500 in Lookout Mountain).

Population, income & housing

	Ballplay	Lookout Mountain
Population	1,149	1,074
Median age	38.9 yrs	52.4 yrs
Median household income	$60,825	$43,472
Median home value	$152,800	$95,500
Housing units	590	567
Homeownership rate	95.4%	94.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ballplay	Lookout Mountain
Population	1,605 → 1,149 (-28.4%)	1,884 → 1,074 (-43.0%)
Median household income	$70,938 → $60,825 (-14.3%)	$39,559 → $43,472 (+9.9%)
Median home value	$72,400 → $152,800 (+111.0%)	$92,300 → $95,500 (+3.5%)

Ballplay

Population

1,6051,149

Median household income

$70,938$60,825

Median home value

$72,400$152,800

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)

	Ballplay	Lookout Mountain
Under 5	6.5%	0.7%
5 to 17	16.3%	14.4%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.3%
25 to 34	13.7%	5.8%
35 to 44	15.8%	4.2%
45 to 54	18.7%	20.9%
55 to 64	5.7%	20.9%
65 to 74	11.1%	12.8%
75 and over	4.9%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ballplay	Lookout Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	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	3.5%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ballplay	Lookout Mountain
No high school diploma	15.7%	32.7%
High school graduate	39.1%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	2.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ballplay	Lookout Mountain
Drove alone	98.4%	83.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	13.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ballplay	Lookout Mountain
1-unit, detached	51.0%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	49.0%	26.3%

Poverty & households

	Ballplay	Lookout Mountain
Poverty rate	4.7%	32.2%
Average household size	2.77	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	40	21
Median year structure built	1994	1983