Chickamauga vs Lookout Mountain

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

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

Chickamauga has the higher population (2,999 vs 1,825 in Lookout Mountain). Lookout Mountain has the higher median household income ($149,688 vs $79,176 in Chickamauga). Lookout Mountain has the higher median home value ($469,500 vs $250,900 in Chickamauga).

Population, income & housing

	Chickamauga	Lookout Mountain
Population	2,999	1,825
Median age	41.5 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$79,176	$149,688
Median home value	$250,900	$469,500
Median gross rent	$721	$1,169
Housing units	1,377	659
Homeownership rate	75.5%	86.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.3%	83.7%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chickamauga	Lookout Mountain
Population	3,249 → 2,999 (-7.7%)	1,727 → 1,825 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$50,101 → $79,176 (+58.0%)	$114,191 → $149,688 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$138,200 → $250,900 (+81.5%)	$354,800 → $469,500 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $721 (-1.1%)	$1,047 → $1,169 (+11.7%)

Chickamauga

Population

3,2492,999

Median household income

$50,101$79,176

Median home value

$138,200$250,900

Median gross rent

$729$721

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)

	Chickamauga	Lookout Mountain
Under 5	5.7%	8.9%
5 to 17	16.6%	20.5%
18 to 24	7.0%	8.0%
25 to 34	5.9%	8.3%
35 to 44	17.3%	12.2%
45 to 54	14.7%	12.7%
55 to 64	15.1%	13.0%
65 to 74	12.3%	9.9%
75 and over	5.5%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chickamauga	Lookout Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	88.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.5%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chickamauga	Lookout Mountain
No high school diploma	2.1%	2.6%
High school graduate	39.2%	4.8%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	8.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	51.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	32.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chickamauga	Lookout Mountain
Drove alone	72.7%	71.8%
Carpooled	3.6%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.4%	19.2%
Other means	1.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chickamauga	Lookout Mountain
1-unit, detached	82.4%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	2.9%
20 or more units	4.9%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chickamauga	Lookout Mountain
Poverty rate	4.3%	5.4%
Average household size	2.38	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1979	1958