Lookout Mountain vs Walnut Grove

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

Lookout Mountain and Walnut Grove 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 871 in Walnut Grove). Lookout Mountain has the higher median household income ($43,472 vs $41,223 in Walnut Grove). Walnut Grove has the higher median home value ($136,300 vs $95,500 in Lookout Mountain).

Population, income & housing

	Lookout Mountain	Walnut Grove
Population	1,074	871
Median age	52.4 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$43,472	$41,223
Median home value	$95,500	$136,300
Median gross rent	—	$475
Housing units	567	423
Homeownership rate	94.8%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.8%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lookout Mountain	Walnut Grove
Population	1,884 → 1,074 (-43.0%)	833 → 871 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$39,559 → $43,472 (+9.9%)	$41,250 → $41,223 (-0.1%)
Median home value	$92,300 → $95,500 (+3.5%)	$80,000 → $136,300 (+70.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$556 → $475 (-14.6%)

Lookout Mountain

Population

1,8841,074

Median household income

$39,559$43,472

Median home value

$92,300$95,500

Walnut Grove

Population

833871

Median household income

$41,250$41,223

Median home value

$80,000$136,300

Median gross rent

$556$475

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lookout Mountain	Walnut Grove
Under 5	0.7%	8.7%
5 to 17	14.4%	10.0%
18 to 24	7.3%	10.2%
25 to 34	5.8%	2.9%
35 to 44	4.2%	12.3%
45 to 54	20.9%	23.9%
55 to 64	20.9%	8.5%
65 to 74	12.8%	9.8%
75 and over	13.1%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lookout Mountain	Walnut Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	78.4%
Black or African American	2.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.1%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lookout Mountain	Walnut Grove
No high school diploma	32.7%	27.6%
High school graduate	29.0%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	2.2%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lookout Mountain	Walnut Grove
Drove alone	83.9%	90.8%
Carpooled	13.5%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lookout Mountain	Walnut Grove
1-unit, detached	73.7%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.3%	27.7%

Poverty & households

	Lookout Mountain	Walnut Grove
Poverty rate	32.2%	24.8%
Average household size	2.44	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1983	1986