Lakesite vs Lookout Mountain

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

Lakesite 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 2,026 in Lakesite). Lookout Mountain has the higher median household income ($195,063 vs $92,847 in Lakesite). Lookout Mountain has the higher median home value ($761,600 vs $299,300 in Lakesite).

Population, income & housing

	Lakesite	Lookout Mountain
Population	2,026	2,112
Median age	40.3 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$92,847	$195,063
Median home value	$299,300	$761,600
Median gross rent	$1,060	$1,465
Housing units	877	864
Homeownership rate	82.1%	93.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.0%	88.5%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakesite	Lookout Mountain
Population	2,028 → 2,026 (-0.1%)	1,965 → 2,112 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$70,114 → $92,847 (+32.4%)	$130,446 → $195,063 (+49.5%)
Median home value	$215,700 → $299,300 (+38.8%)	$520,300 → $761,600 (+46.4%)
Median gross rent	$898 → $1,060 (+18.0%)	$1,205 → $1,465 (+21.6%)

Lakesite

Population

2,0282,026

Median household income

$70,114$92,847

Median home value

$215,700$299,300

Median gross rent

$898$1,060

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)

	Lakesite	Lookout Mountain
Under 5	8.8%	6.6%
5 to 17	18.2%	20.0%
18 to 24	7.3%	3.7%
25 to 34	9.1%	5.5%
35 to 44	13.8%	9.9%
45 to 54	11.0%	14.3%
55 to 64	13.4%	13.6%
65 to 74	13.3%	13.0%
75 and over	5.1%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakesite	Lookout Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	97.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakesite	Lookout Mountain
No high school diploma	4.1%	0.6%
High school graduate	24.9%	1.9%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	9.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	49.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	39.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakesite	Lookout Mountain
Drove alone	72.8%	78.9%
Carpooled	7.2%	2.6%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	17.8%
Other means	4.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakesite	Lookout Mountain
1-unit, detached	79.8%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	0.6%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lakesite	Lookout Mountain
Poverty rate	7.4%	2.0%
Average household size	2.73	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1989	1950