Coats Bend vs Lookout Mountain

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

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

Coats Bend has the higher population (1,429 vs 1,074 in Lookout Mountain). Coats Bend has the higher median household income ($52,089 vs $43,472 in Lookout Mountain). Coats Bend has the higher median home value ($147,100 vs $95,500 in Lookout Mountain).

Population, income & housing

	Coats Bend	Lookout Mountain
Population	1,429	1,074
Median age	34.2 yrs	52.4 yrs
Median household income	$52,089	$43,472
Median home value	$147,100	$95,500
Housing units	567	567
Homeownership rate	95.9%	94.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coats Bend	Lookout Mountain
Population	1,358 → 1,429 (+5.2%)	1,884 → 1,074 (-43.0%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $52,089 (+19.1%)	$39,559 → $43,472 (+9.9%)
Median home value	$102,900 → $147,100 (+43.0%)	$92,300 → $95,500 (+3.5%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $803 (+14.7%)	—

Coats Bend

Population

1,3581,429

Median household income

$43,750$52,089

Median home value

$102,900$147,100

Median gross rent

$700$803

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)

	Coats Bend	Lookout Mountain
Under 5	10.7%	0.7%
5 to 17	26.2%	14.4%
18 to 24	2.4%	7.3%
25 to 34	14.3%	5.8%
35 to 44	10.4%	4.2%
45 to 54	10.3%	20.9%
55 to 64	4.8%	20.9%
65 to 74	13.0%	12.8%
75 and over	7.9%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coats Bend	Lookout Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	96.6%
Black or African American	6.6%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.6%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coats Bend	Lookout Mountain
No high school diploma	17.4%	32.7%
High school graduate	43.8%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	2.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coats Bend	Lookout Mountain
Drove alone	100.0%	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	0.0%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coats Bend	Lookout Mountain
1-unit, detached	63.7%	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	36.3%	26.3%

Poverty & households

	Coats Bend	Lookout Mountain
Poverty rate	25.8%	32.2%
Average household size	2.79	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1990	1983