Ivalee vs Lookout Mountain

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

Ivalee 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 649 in Ivalee). Lookout Mountain has the higher median household income ($43,472 vs $38,650 in Ivalee). Ivalee has the higher median home value ($120,800 vs $95,500 in Lookout Mountain).

Population, income & housing

	Ivalee	Lookout Mountain
Population	649	1,074
Median age	47.8 yrs	52.4 yrs
Median household income	$38,650	$43,472
Median home value	$120,800	$95,500
Median gross rent	$711	—
Housing units	454	567
Homeownership rate	71.9%	94.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.6%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ivalee	Lookout Mountain
Population	887 → 649 (-26.8%)	1,884 → 1,074 (-43.0%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $38,650 (-6.3%)	$39,559 → $43,472 (+9.9%)
Median home value	$128,300 → $120,800 (-5.8%)	$92,300 → $95,500 (+3.5%)

Ivalee

Population

887649

Median household income

$41,250$38,650

Median home value

$128,300$120,800

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)

	Ivalee	Lookout Mountain
Under 5	0.0%	0.7%
5 to 17	10.6%	14.4%
18 to 24	5.7%	7.3%
25 to 34	23.3%	5.8%
35 to 44	7.4%	4.2%
45 to 54	5.2%	20.9%
55 to 64	24.5%	20.9%
65 to 74	17.1%	12.8%
75 and over	6.2%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ivalee	Lookout Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	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	5.9%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ivalee	Lookout Mountain
No high school diploma	3.7%	32.7%
High school graduate	36.3%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	59.5%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	2.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ivalee	Lookout Mountain
Drove alone	94.9%	83.9%
Carpooled	4.0%	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	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ivalee	Lookout Mountain
1-unit, detached	73.3%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.8%	26.3%

Poverty & households

	Ivalee	Lookout Mountain
Poverty rate	15.9%	32.2%
Average household size	2.28	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1965	1983