Lookout Mountain vs Reece City

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

Lookout Mountain and Reece City 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 795 in Reece City). Reece City has the higher median household income ($73,472 vs $43,472 in Lookout Mountain). Reece City has the higher median home value ($155,100 vs $95,500 in Lookout Mountain).

Population, income & housing

	Lookout Mountain	Reece City
Population	1,074	795
Median age	52.4 yrs	50.7 yrs
Median household income	$43,472	$73,472
Median home value	$95,500	$155,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,083
Housing units	567	360
Homeownership rate	94.8%	91.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.8%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lookout Mountain	Reece City
Population	1,884 → 1,074 (-43.0%)	719 → 795 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$39,559 → $43,472 (+9.9%)	$51,000 → $73,472 (+44.1%)
Median home value	$92,300 → $95,500 (+3.5%)	$130,300 → $155,100 (+19.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$693 → $1,083 (+56.3%)

Lookout Mountain

Population

1,8841,074

Median household income

$39,559$43,472

Median home value

$92,300$95,500

Reece City

Population

719795

Median household income

$51,000$73,472

Median home value

$130,300$155,100

Median gross rent

$693$1,083

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lookout Mountain	Reece City
Under 5	0.7%	1.5%
5 to 17	14.4%	18.7%
18 to 24	7.3%	3.4%
25 to 34	5.8%	6.5%
35 to 44	4.2%	12.3%
45 to 54	20.9%	13.3%
55 to 64	20.9%	19.5%
65 to 74	12.8%	18.2%
75 and over	13.1%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lookout Mountain	Reece City
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	92.6%
Black or African American	2.9%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lookout Mountain	Reece City
No high school diploma	32.7%	9.7%
High school graduate	29.0%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	2.2%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lookout Mountain	Reece City
Drove alone	83.9%	83.9%
Carpooled	13.5%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lookout Mountain	Reece City
1-unit, detached	73.7%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
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	26.3%	11.9%

Poverty & households

	Lookout Mountain	Reece City
Poverty rate	32.2%	5.2%
Average household size	2.44	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	21	48
Median year structure built	1983	1981