Falling Water vs Lookout Mountain

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

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

Lookout Mountain has the higher population (2,112 vs 2,090 in Falling Water). Lookout Mountain has the higher median household income ($195,063 vs $113,160 in Falling Water). Lookout Mountain has the higher median home value ($761,600 vs $398,400 in Falling Water).

Population, income & housing

	Falling Water	Lookout Mountain
Population	2,090	2,112
Median age	43.8 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$113,160	$195,063
Median home value	$398,400	$761,600
Median gross rent	$711	$1,465
Housing units	819	864
Homeownership rate	89.9%	93.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.3%	88.5%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Falling Water	Lookout Mountain
Population	1,280 → 2,090 (+63.3%)	1,965 → 2,112 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$71,458 → $113,160 (+58.4%)	$130,446 → $195,063 (+49.5%)
Median home value	$238,400 → $398,400 (+67.1%)	$520,300 → $761,600 (+46.4%)
Median gross rent	$917 → $711 (-22.5%)	$1,205 → $1,465 (+21.6%)

Falling Water

Population

1,2802,090

Median household income

$71,458$113,160

Median home value

$238,400$398,400

Median gross rent

$917$711

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)

	Falling Water	Lookout Mountain
Under 5	5.3%	6.6%
5 to 17	14.7%	20.0%
18 to 24	4.8%	3.7%
25 to 34	11.1%	5.5%
35 to 44	15.2%	9.9%
45 to 54	14.8%	14.3%
55 to 64	15.2%	13.6%
65 to 74	13.3%	13.0%
75 and over	5.5%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Falling Water	Lookout Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	97.3%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Falling Water	Lookout Mountain
No high school diploma	2.9%	0.6%
High school graduate	15.5%	1.9%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	9.0%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	49.4%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	39.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Falling Water	Lookout Mountain
Drove alone	71.3%	78.9%
Carpooled	6.5%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.1%	17.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Falling Water	Lookout Mountain
1-unit, detached	85.8%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Falling Water	Lookout Mountain
Poverty rate	3.7%	2.0%
Average household size	2.65	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	29	19
Median year structure built	1996	1950