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.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.22% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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 very car-oriented city. 97.76% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Lookout Mountain is a small city, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Lookout Mountain has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

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

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Lookout Mountain, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Lookout Mountain is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 70.03% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

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.