Lookout Mountain vs Walden

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

Lookout Mountain and Walden 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 1,762 in Walden). Lookout Mountain has the higher median household income ($195,063 vs $135,000 in Walden). Lookout Mountain has the higher median home value ($761,600 vs $600,900 in Walden).

Population, income & housing

	Lookout Mountain	Walden
Population	2,112	1,762
Median age	49.0 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$195,063	$135,000
Median home value	$761,600	$600,900
Median gross rent	$1,465	$1,514
Housing units	864	750
Homeownership rate	93.0%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	88.5%	64.0%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lookout Mountain	Walden
Population	1,965 → 2,112 (+7.5%)	1,948 → 1,762 (-9.5%)
Median household income	$130,446 → $195,063 (+49.5%)	$100,750 → $135,000 (+34.0%)
Median home value	$520,300 → $761,600 (+46.4%)	$412,900 → $600,900 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,205 → $1,465 (+21.6%)	$1,175 → $1,514 (+28.9%)

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

Walden

Population

1,9481,762

Median household income

$100,750$135,000

Median home value

$412,900$600,900

Median gross rent

$1,175$1,514

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lookout Mountain	Walden
Under 5	6.6%	4.9%
5 to 17	20.0%	21.1%
18 to 24	3.7%	4.9%
25 to 34	5.5%	3.9%
35 to 44	9.9%	19.9%
45 to 54	14.3%	14.4%
55 to 64	13.6%	12.8%
65 to 74	13.0%	9.5%
75 and over	13.2%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lookout Mountain	Walden
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	88.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lookout Mountain	Walden
No high school diploma	0.6%	2.1%
High school graduate	1.9%	16.6%
Some college or associate's	9.0%	17.3%
Bachelor's degree	49.4%	38.9%
Graduate or professional degree	39.1%	25.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lookout Mountain	Walden
Drove alone	78.9%	78.0%
Carpooled	2.6%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.8%	13.6%
Other means	0.2%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lookout Mountain	Walden
1-unit, detached	93.3%	94.0%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lookout Mountain	Walden
Poverty rate	2.0%	4.4%
Average household size	2.63	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1950	1982