Chattanooga Valley vs Lookout Mountain

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

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

Chattanooga Valley has the higher population (4,298 vs 1,825 in Lookout Mountain). Lookout Mountain has the higher median household income ($149,688 vs $44,308 in Chattanooga Valley). Lookout Mountain has the higher median home value ($469,500 vs $168,800 in Chattanooga Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Chattanooga Valley	Lookout Mountain
Population	4,298	1,825
Median age	38.2 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$44,308	$149,688
Median home value	$168,800	$469,500
Median gross rent	$856	$1,169
Housing units	1,619	659
Homeownership rate	84.6%	86.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	83.7%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chattanooga Valley	Lookout Mountain
Population	3,186 → 4,298 (+34.9%)	1,727 → 1,825 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$34,621 → $44,308 (+28.0%)	$114,191 → $149,688 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$106,500 → $168,800 (+58.5%)	$354,800 → $469,500 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $856 (+8.6%)	$1,047 → $1,169 (+11.7%)

Chattanooga Valley

Population

3,1864,298

Median household income

$34,621$44,308

Median home value

$106,500$168,800

Median gross rent

$788$856

Lookout Mountain

Population

1,7271,825

Median household income

$114,191$149,688

Median home value

$354,800$469,500

Median gross rent

$1,047$1,169

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chattanooga Valley	Lookout Mountain
Under 5	8.7%	8.9%
5 to 17	17.8%	20.5%
18 to 24	3.5%	8.0%
25 to 34	16.5%	8.3%
35 to 44	10.7%	12.2%
45 to 54	10.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	12.5%	13.0%
65 to 74	10.2%	9.9%
75 and over	10.0%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chattanooga Valley	Lookout Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	88.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	1.5%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chattanooga Valley	Lookout Mountain
No high school diploma	16.6%	2.6%
High school graduate	32.2%	4.8%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	8.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	51.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	32.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chattanooga Valley	Lookout Mountain
Drove alone	78.2%	71.8%
Carpooled	7.6%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	19.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chattanooga Valley	Lookout Mountain
1-unit, detached	79.1%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	12.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chattanooga Valley	Lookout Mountain
Poverty rate	27.4%	5.4%
Average household size	2.81	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1970	1958