Fairview vs Lookout Mountain

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

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

Fairview has the higher population (5,620 vs 1,825 in Lookout Mountain). Lookout Mountain has the higher median household income ($149,688 vs $60,714 in Fairview). Lookout Mountain has the higher median home value ($469,500 vs $171,500 in Fairview).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Lookout Mountain
Population	5,620	1,825
Median age	47.6 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,714	$149,688
Median home value	$171,500	$469,500
Median gross rent	$847	$1,169
Housing units	2,803	659
Homeownership rate	81.0%	86.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	83.7%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Lookout Mountain
Population	6,540 → 5,620 (-14.1%)	1,727 → 1,825 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$46,486 → $60,714 (+30.6%)	$114,191 → $149,688 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$105,600 → $171,500 (+62.4%)	$354,800 → $469,500 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $847 (+11.3%)	$1,047 → $1,169 (+11.7%)

Fairview

Population

6,5405,620

Median household income

$46,486$60,714

Median home value

$105,600$171,500

Median gross rent

$761$847

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)

	Fairview	Lookout Mountain
Under 5	2.4%	8.9%
5 to 17	16.5%	20.5%
18 to 24	4.2%	8.0%
25 to 34	12.5%	8.3%
35 to 44	12.8%	12.2%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	17.4%	13.0%
65 to 74	11.1%	9.9%
75 and over	9.8%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Lookout Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	81.8%	88.0%
Black or African American	11.5%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	1.4%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Lookout Mountain
No high school diploma	17.5%	2.6%
High school graduate	35.6%	4.8%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	8.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	51.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	32.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Lookout Mountain
Drove alone	83.8%	71.8%
Carpooled	9.5%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	19.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Lookout Mountain
1-unit, detached	86.1%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Lookout Mountain
Poverty rate	16.4%	5.4%
Average household size	2.50	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	33	20
Median year structure built	1971	1958