Lookout Mountain is a very small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 1,615 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Lookout Mountain is the 289th largest community in Georgia.

Lookout Mountain is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 93.52% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Lookout Mountain is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lookout Mountain who work in sales jobs (25.07%), management occupations (15.71%), and teaching (10.37%).

Of important note, Lookout Mountain is also a city of artists. Lookout Mountain has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Lookout Mountain's character.

A relatively large number of people in Lookout Mountain telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.22% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Lookout Mountain is a small city, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Lookout Mountain, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 97.76% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Lookout Mountain is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Lookout Mountain Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Lookout Mountain is a pretty powerful place. 70.03% of the adults in Lookout Mountain have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Lookout Mountain in 2000 was $31,227, which is wealthy relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $124,908 for a family of four. However, Lookout Mountain contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Lookout Mountain home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Lookout Mountain is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Lookout Mountain include English, German, Scotch-Irish, Scottish, Irish, European, and British.

The most common language spoken in Lookout Mountain is English.