Lookout Mountain vs Mowbray Mountain

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

Lookout Mountain and Mowbray 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 1,797 in Mowbray Mountain). Lookout Mountain has the higher median household income ($195,063 vs $96,607 in Mowbray Mountain). Lookout Mountain has the higher median home value ($761,600 vs $365,600 in Mowbray Mountain).

Population, income & housing

	Lookout Mountain	Mowbray Mountain
Population	2,112	1,797
Median age	49.0 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$195,063	$96,607
Median home value	$761,600	$365,600
Median gross rent	$1,465	$861
Housing units	864	770
Homeownership rate	93.0%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	88.5%	35.7%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lookout Mountain	Mowbray Mountain
Population	1,965 → 2,112 (+7.5%)	1,961 → 1,797 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$130,446 → $195,063 (+49.5%)	$65,139 → $96,607 (+48.3%)
Median home value	$520,300 → $761,600 (+46.4%)	$215,000 → $365,600 (+70.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,205 → $1,465 (+21.6%)	$581 → $861 (+48.2%)

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

Mowbray Mountain

Population

1,9611,797

Median household income

$65,139$96,607

Median home value

$215,000$365,600

Median gross rent

$581$861

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lookout Mountain	Mowbray Mountain
Under 5	6.6%	4.0%
5 to 17	20.0%	19.4%
18 to 24	3.7%	2.9%
25 to 34	5.5%	7.0%
35 to 44	9.9%	8.1%
45 to 54	14.3%	24.0%
55 to 64	13.6%	17.8%
65 to 74	13.0%	11.0%
75 and over	13.2%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lookout Mountain	Mowbray Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lookout Mountain	Mowbray Mountain
No high school diploma	0.6%	10.5%
High school graduate	1.9%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	9.0%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	49.4%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	39.1%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lookout Mountain	Mowbray Mountain
Drove alone	78.9%	87.1%
Carpooled	2.6%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.8%	7.8%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lookout Mountain	Mowbray Mountain
1-unit, detached	93.3%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	21.6%

Poverty & households

	Lookout Mountain	Mowbray Mountain
Poverty rate	2.0%	8.1%
Average household size	2.63	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	19	32
Median year structure built	1950	1991