Lookout Mountain vs New Union

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

Lookout Mountain and New Union 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 927 in New Union). New Union has the higher median household income ($43,493 vs $43,472 in Lookout Mountain). New Union has the higher median home value ($144,600 vs $95,500 in Lookout Mountain).

Population, income & housing

	Lookout Mountain	New Union
Population	1,074	927
Median age	52.4 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$43,472	$43,493
Median home value	$95,500	$144,600
Housing units	567	377
Homeownership rate	94.8%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.8%	6.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lookout Mountain	New Union
Population	1,884 → 1,074 (-43.0%)	829 → 927 (+11.8%)
Median household income	$39,559 → $43,472 (+9.9%)	$47,188 → $43,493 (-7.8%)
Median home value	$92,300 → $95,500 (+3.5%)	$86,100 → $144,600 (+67.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$756 → $673 (-11.0%)

Lookout Mountain

Population

1,8841,074

Median household income

$39,559$43,472

Median home value

$92,300$95,500

New Union

Population

829927

Median household income

$47,188$43,493

Median home value

$86,100$144,600

Median gross rent

$756$673

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lookout Mountain	New Union
Under 5	0.7%	9.9%
5 to 17	14.4%	23.8%
18 to 24	7.3%	5.3%
25 to 34	5.8%	13.8%
35 to 44	4.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	20.9%	17.5%
55 to 64	20.9%	9.7%
65 to 74	12.8%	15.6%
75 and over	13.1%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lookout Mountain	New Union
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	2.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lookout Mountain	New Union
No high school diploma	32.7%	16.5%
High school graduate	29.0%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	2.2%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lookout Mountain	New Union
Drove alone	83.9%	93.4%
Carpooled	13.5%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lookout Mountain	New Union
1-unit, detached	73.7%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.3%	29.2%

Poverty & households

	Lookout Mountain	New Union
Poverty rate	32.2%	27.0%
Average household size	2.44	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	21	37
Median year structure built	1983	1982