Lookout Mountain vs Rossville

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

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

Rossville has the higher population (3,981 vs 1,825 in Lookout Mountain). Lookout Mountain has the higher median household income ($149,688 vs $47,791 in Rossville). Lookout Mountain has the higher median home value ($469,500 vs $114,300 in Rossville).

Population, income & housing

	Lookout Mountain	Rossville
Population	1,825	3,981
Median age	39.1 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$149,688	$47,791
Median home value	$469,500	$114,300
Median gross rent	$1,169	$958
Housing units	659	1,928
Homeownership rate	86.3%	54.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	83.7%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lookout Mountain	Rossville
Population	1,727 → 1,825 (+5.7%)	4,006 → 3,981 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$114,191 → $149,688 (+31.1%)	$33,892 → $47,791 (+41.0%)
Median home value	$354,800 → $469,500 (+32.3%)	$86,700 → $114,300 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,047 → $1,169 (+11.7%)	$800 → $958 (+19.8%)

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

Rossville

Population

4,0063,981

Median household income

$33,892$47,791

Median home value

$86,700$114,300

Median gross rent

$800$958

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lookout Mountain	Rossville
Under 5	8.9%	4.6%
5 to 17	20.5%	15.6%
18 to 24	8.0%	10.6%
25 to 34	8.3%	8.0%
35 to 44	12.2%	21.8%
45 to 54	12.7%	12.7%
55 to 64	13.0%	8.6%
65 to 74	9.9%	7.7%
75 and over	6.4%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lookout Mountain	Rossville
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	81.3%
Black or African American	1.6%	6.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lookout Mountain	Rossville
No high school diploma	2.6%	20.1%
High school graduate	4.8%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	8.9%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	51.4%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	32.3%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lookout Mountain	Rossville
Drove alone	71.8%	65.8%
Carpooled	6.1%	28.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.2%	4.1%
Other means	0.6%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lookout Mountain	Rossville
1-unit, detached	87.6%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	5.2%
20 or more units	3.8%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Lookout Mountain	Rossville
Poverty rate	5.4%	20.0%
Average household size	2.95	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	20	47
Median year structure built	1958	1961