Apison vs Lookout Mountain

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

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

Apison has the higher population (4,397 vs 2,112 in Lookout Mountain). Lookout Mountain has the higher median household income ($195,063 vs $104,741 in Apison). Lookout Mountain has the higher median home value ($761,600 vs $397,800 in Apison).

Population, income & housing

	Apison	Lookout Mountain
Population	4,397	2,112
Median age	45.0 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$104,741	$195,063
Median home value	$397,800	$761,600
Median gross rent	$830	$1,465
Housing units	1,786	864
Homeownership rate	81.1%	93.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.5%	88.5%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Apison	Lookout Mountain
Population	2,723 → 4,397 (+61.5%)	1,965 → 2,112 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$54,671 → $104,741 (+91.6%)	$130,446 → $195,063 (+49.5%)
Median home value	$251,200 → $397,800 (+58.4%)	$520,300 → $761,600 (+46.4%)
Median gross rent	$736 → $830 (+12.8%)	$1,205 → $1,465 (+21.6%)

Apison

Population

2,7234,397

Median household income

$54,671$104,741

Median home value

$251,200$397,800

Median gross rent

$736$830

Lookout Mountain

Population

1,9652,112

Median household income

$130,446$195,063

Median home value

$520,300$761,600

Median gross rent

$1,205$1,465

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Apison	Lookout Mountain
Under 5	7.6%	6.6%
5 to 17	13.6%	20.0%
18 to 24	6.7%	3.7%
25 to 34	3.8%	5.5%
35 to 44	18.2%	9.9%
45 to 54	24.9%	14.3%
55 to 64	15.0%	13.6%
65 to 74	6.9%	13.0%
75 and over	3.2%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Apison	Lookout Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	97.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Apison	Lookout Mountain
No high school diploma	7.3%	0.6%
High school graduate	15.4%	1.9%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	9.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	49.4%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	39.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Apison	Lookout Mountain
Drove alone	75.5%	78.9%
Carpooled	10.0%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.4%	17.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Apison	Lookout Mountain
1-unit, detached	91.7%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Apison	Lookout Mountain
Poverty rate	14.7%	2.0%
Average household size	2.60	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1997	1950