Egypt vs Lookout Mountain

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

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

Lookout Mountain has the higher population (1,074 vs 1,039 in Egypt). Lookout Mountain has the higher median household income ($43,472 vs $37,153 in Egypt). Egypt has the higher median home value ($184,900 vs $95,500 in Lookout Mountain).

Population, income & housing

	Egypt	Lookout Mountain
Population	1,039	1,074
Median age	36.6 yrs	52.4 yrs
Median household income	$37,153	$43,472
Median home value	$184,900	$95,500
Housing units	484	567
Homeownership rate	87.7%	94.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Egypt	Lookout Mountain
Population	1,034 → 1,039 (+0.5%)	1,884 → 1,074 (-43.0%)
Median household income	$41,148 → $37,153 (-9.7%)	$39,559 → $43,472 (+9.9%)
Median home value	$158,500 → $184,900 (+16.7%)	$92,300 → $95,500 (+3.5%)

Egypt

Population

1,0341,039

Median household income

$41,148$37,153

Median home value

$158,500$184,900

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)

	Egypt	Lookout Mountain
Under 5	7.1%	0.7%
5 to 17	17.4%	14.4%
18 to 24	1.7%	7.3%
25 to 34	18.1%	5.8%
35 to 44	14.7%	4.2%
45 to 54	3.0%	20.9%
55 to 64	27.8%	20.9%
65 to 74	6.2%	12.8%
75 and over	3.9%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Egypt	Lookout Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	99.3%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.7%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Egypt	Lookout Mountain
No high school diploma	18.3%	32.7%
High school graduate	41.9%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	2.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Egypt	Lookout Mountain
Drove alone	94.8%	83.9%
Carpooled	5.2%	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)

	Egypt	Lookout Mountain
1-unit, detached	77.3%	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	22.7%	26.3%

Poverty & households

	Egypt	Lookout Mountain
Poverty rate	19.7%	32.2%
Average household size	2.61	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	45	21
Median year structure built	1991	1983