Lookout Mountain vs Sale Creek

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

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

Sale Creek has the higher population (2,775 vs 2,112 in Lookout Mountain). Lookout Mountain has the higher median household income ($195,063 vs $60,109 in Sale Creek). Lookout Mountain has the higher median home value ($761,600 vs $300,900 in Sale Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Lookout Mountain	Sale Creek
Population	2,112	2,775
Median age	49.0 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$195,063	$60,109
Median home value	$761,600	$300,900
Median gross rent	$1,465	$1,086
Housing units	864	1,040
Homeownership rate	93.0%	86.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	88.5%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lookout Mountain	Sale Creek
Population	1,965 → 2,112 (+7.5%)	2,781 → 2,775 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$130,446 → $195,063 (+49.5%)	$56,333 → $60,109 (+6.7%)
Median home value	$520,300 → $761,600 (+46.4%)	$154,300 → $300,900 (+95.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,205 → $1,465 (+21.6%)	$805 → $1,086 (+34.9%)

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

Sale Creek

Population

2,7812,775

Median household income

$56,333$60,109

Median home value

$154,300$300,900

Median gross rent

$805$1,086

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lookout Mountain	Sale Creek
Under 5	6.6%	2.9%
5 to 17	20.0%	18.4%
18 to 24	3.7%	6.5%
25 to 34	5.5%	6.0%
35 to 44	9.9%	10.9%
45 to 54	14.3%	18.9%
55 to 64	13.6%	12.6%
65 to 74	13.0%	16.3%
75 and over	13.2%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lookout Mountain	Sale Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	90.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lookout Mountain	Sale Creek
No high school diploma	0.6%	15.8%
High school graduate	1.9%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	9.0%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	49.4%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	39.1%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lookout Mountain	Sale Creek
Drove alone	78.9%	90.0%
Carpooled	2.6%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.8%	6.3%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lookout Mountain	Sale Creek
1-unit, detached	93.3%	78.0%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	18.5%

Poverty & households

	Lookout Mountain	Sale Creek
Poverty rate	2.0%	2.6%
Average household size	2.63	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	19	34
Median year structure built	1950	1992