Lookout Mountain, Alabama

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Population in July 2007: 3,232.

Males: 1,623	(50.2%)
Females: 1,609	(49.8%)

Median resident age:	34.0 years
Alabama median age:	35.8 years

Estimated median household income in 2007: $39,838 (it was $35,850 in 2000)

Lookout Mountain:	$39,838
Alabama:	$40,554

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $17,664

Lookout Mountain:	$17,664
Alabama:	$22,366

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $79,068 (it was $55,000 in 2000)

Lookout Mountain:	$79,068
Alabama:	$115,600

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Races in Lookout Mountain:

White Non-Hispanic (95.9%)
Black (2.3%)
American Indian (2.3%)
Two or more races (1.1%)

2008 cost of living index in Lookout Mountain: 75.7 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 620 feet

Land area: 50.7 square miles.

Population density: 64 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Lookout Mountain

High school or higher: 72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 6.6%
Graduate or professional degree: 2.1%
Unemployed: 4.6%
Mean travel time to work: 28.6 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Lookout Mountain CCD

Never married: 15.8%
Now married: 68.0%
Separated: 1.7%
Widowed: 6.5%
Divorced: 9.8%

21 residents are foreign born

This place:	0.6%
Alabama:	2.0%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Lookout Mountain:	0.4% ($199)
Alabama:	0.4% ($289)

Lookout Mountain satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Huntsville, AL (55.2 miles , pop. 158,216).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Birmingham, AL (65.9 miles , pop. 242,820).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (541.5 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Wills Valley, AL (2.1 miles ), Turkeytown, AL (2.2 miles ), Reece City, AL (2.6 miles ), Gadsden, AL (3.1 miles ), Leesburg, AL (3.1 miles ), Collinsville, AL (3.2 miles ), Hokes Bluff, AL (3.2 miles ), Crossville, AL (3.3 miles ).

Latitude: 34.13 N, Longitude: 85.93 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 256

Lookout Mountain household income distribution

Lookout Mountain home values distribution

Most common industries for males (%):

Metal and metal products (15%)
Construction (12%)
Public administration (9%)
Plastics and rubber products (8%)
Repair and maintenance (7%)
Food (4%)
Accommodation and food services (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Health care (21%)
Accommodation and food services (12%)
Educational services (7%)
Apparel (6%)
Personal and laundry services (6%)
Food and beverage stores (4%)
Public administration (3%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
Health technologists and technicians (6%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
Cashiers (5%)
Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)

Lookout Mountain-area historical tornado activity is above Alabama state average. It is 232% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 11/18/1957, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 19.1 miles away from the Lookout Mountain place center killed 3 people and injured 12 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 11/24/2001, a category 4 tornado 22.3 miles away from the place center injured 22 people and caused $1 million in damages.

Lookout Mountain-area historical earthquake activity is slightly below Alabama state average. It is 85% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/29/2003 at 08:59:39, a magnitude 4.9 (4.4 MB, 4.6 MW, 4.9 LG, Depth: 12.2 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 30.3 miles away from Lookout Mountain center
On 1/18/1999 at 07:00:53, a magnitude 4.8 (4.8 MB, 4.0 LG, Depth: 0.6 mi) earthquake occurred 91.3 miles away from the city center
On 12/8/2001 at 01:08:21, a magnitude 3.9 (3.9 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 45.3 miles away from the city center
On 12/12/1997 at 08:42:20, a magnitude 4.0 (3.9 MB, 4.0 LG, Depth: 0.6 mi) earthquake occurred 91.5 miles away from Lookout Mountain center
On 11/28/1999 at 11:00:09, a magnitude 3.8 (3.5 MB, 3.8 LG, Depth: 0.6 mi) earthquake occurred 90.8 miles away from the city center
On 8/19/2004 at 23:51:49, a magnitude 3.6 (3.6 MW, 3.5 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 87.8 miles away from Lookout Mountain center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), moment magnitude (MW)

Hospitals/medical centers near Lookout Mountain:

RIVERVIEW REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 9 miles; GADSDEN, AL)
GADSDEN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 10 miles; GADSDEN, AL)
HEALTHSOUTH REHABILITATION HOSPITAL (about 10 miles; GADSDEN, AL)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Lookout Mountain:

GADSDEN STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 13 miles; GADSDEN, AL; Full-time enrollment: 3,360)
JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 24 miles; JACKSONVILLE, AL; FT enrollment: 6,418)
GEORGE C WALLACE STATE COMMUNITY COLL-HANCEVILLE (about 51 miles; HANCEVILLE, AL; FT enrollment: 3,272)
ALABAMA A & M UNIVERSITY (about 54 miles; NORMAL, AL; FT enrollment: 4,886)
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE (about 59 miles; HUNTSVILLE, AL; FT enrollment: 4,795)
STATE UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA (about 62 miles; CARROLLTON, GA; FT enrollment: 7,241)
JEFFERSON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 65 miles; BIRMINGHAM, AL; FT enrollment: 3,279)

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Churches in Lookout Mountain include: Black Creek Church (A), Union Tabernacle (B), Tabor Church (C), Pleasant Hill Church (D), Fairview Church (E), Pilgrims Rest Church (F), Gospel Temple (G), Antioch Church of Christ (H), Liberty Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Pilgrims Rest Cemetery (1), Mount Pisgah Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map

Reservoirs: Camp Sequoyah Lake (A), Mount Eba Lake (B), Lake Mary Louise (C). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Spring Branch (A), Lick Branch (B), Forney Branch (C), Falls Branch (D), Hog Pen Branch (E), Gladden Branch (F), Big Branch (G). Display/hide their locations on the map

Average household size:

This place:	2.6 people
Alabama:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	70.3%
Whole state:	70.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	3.1%
Whole state:	3.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This place:	9.4%
Whole state:	16.1%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This place:	3.6%
Whole state:	7.3%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Lookout Mountain, AL

People in group quarters in Lookout Mountain

103 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
48 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
21 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere

Lookout Mountain compared to Alabama state average:

Median house value significantly below state average.
Unemployed percentage below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Renting percentage significantly below state average.
Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.

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School Enrollment by Level of School

2004 Presidential Election results in Etowah County Alabama:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Bottled, tank, or LP gas (53%) Electricity (34%) Utility gas (11%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)

Religion statistics for Lookout Mountain

Adherents

Name	Southern Baptist Convention	United Methodist Church	Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Catholic Church	Churches of Christ
Adherents	68.9%	11.9%	4.9%	2.9%	2.9%
Congregations	47.2%	18.2%	7.0%	0.5%	7.0%

Name	Assemblies of God	Episcopal Church	Presbyterian Church in America	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	Other religions
Adherents	1.2%	0.8%	0.8%	0.8%	4.9%
Congregations	3.7%	0.9%	1.4%	0.5%	13.6%

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.

5.14% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($30,843 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.14%
Alabama average:	6.81%

0.03% of residents moved from foreign countries ($145 average AGI)
Etowah County: 0.03%
Alabama average: 0.14%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Marshall County, AL	0.73% ($25,539 average AGI)
from Calhoun County, AL	0.60% ($29,865)
from Jefferson County, AL	0.34% ($33,669)

4.85% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($32,893 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	4.85%
Alabama average:	6.16%

0.03% of residents moved to foreign countries ($202 average AGI)
Etowah County: 0.03%
Alabama average: 0.06%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Marshall County, AL	0.70% ($25,881 average AGI)
to Calhoun County, AL	0.54% ($30,618)
to Jefferson County, AL	0.38% ($34,168)

Strongest AM radio stations in Lookout Mountain:

WNSI (810 AM; 50 kW; JACKSONVILLE, AL; Owner: UNITED BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
WAAX (570 AM; 5 kW; GADSDEN, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WJBY (930 AM; 5 kW; RAINBOW CITY, AL; Owner: GADSDEN BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
WGAD (1350 AM; 5 kW; GADSDEN, AL; Owner: DEKALB COUNTY COMMUNITY RADIO, INC.)
WKNG (1060 AM; daytime; 50 kW; TALLAPOOSA, GA; Owner: WKNG, INC.)
WDJC (850 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: KIMTRON, INC.)
WWAM (820 AM; daytime; 50 kW; JASPER, TN; Owner: SHELTON BROADCASTING SYSTEM)
WJOX (690 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WAPI (1070 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WQRX (870 AM; daytime; 10 kW; VALLEY HEAD, AL; Owner: BARINOWSKI INVESTMENT COMPANY)
WGST (640 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
WFLI (1070 AM; 50 kW; LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, TN; Owner: WFLI, INC.)
WLOR (1550 AM; 50 kW; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: BCA RADIO, LLC)

Strongest FM radio stations in Lookout Mountain:

WQSB (105.1 FM; ALBERTVILLE, AL; Owner: SAND MOUNTAIN BROADCASTING SERVICE, INC.)
WTBB (89.9 FM; GADSDEN, AL; Owner: TRINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY)
WRHY (105.9 FM; CENTRE, AL; Owner: WILLIAMS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WSGN (91.5 FM; GADSDEN, AL; Owner: GADSDEN STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
WGMZ (93.1 FM; GLENCOE, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WLJS-FM (91.9 FM; JACKSONVILLE, AL; Owner: BD. OF TRUSTEES/JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY)
WKXX (102.9 FM; ATTALLA, AL; Owner: BROADCAST MEDIA LLC)
WTBJ (91.3 FM; OXFORD, AL; Owner: TRINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY)
WVOK-FM (97.9 FM; OXFORD, AL; Owner: WOODARD BROADCASTING CO. INC.)
WRAX (107.7 FM; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WJCK (88.3 FM; PIEDMONT, AL; Owner: IMMANUEL BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
WTWX-FM (95.9 FM; GUNTERSVILLE, AL; Owner: GUNTERSVILLE BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
WKEA-FM (98.3 FM; SCOTTSBORO, AL; Owner: KEA RADIO, INC.)
WAFN-FM (92.7 FM; ARAB, AL; Owner: FUN MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
W215BA (90.9 FM; ROME, GA; Owner: PENSACOLA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, INC.)
WGRW (90.7 FM; ANNISTON, AL; Owner: WORD WORKS, INC.)
W269AN (101.7 FM; GADSDEN, AL; Owner: JOHN S. LA TOUR/J & J B/C)

TV broadcast stations around Lookout Mountain:

WPXH (Channel 44; GADSDEN, AL; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
W64BJ (Channel 64; SCOTTSBORO, AL; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
WZDX (Channel 54; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: HUNTSVILLE TELEVISION ACQUISITION CORP.)
WTJP (Channel 60; GADSDEN, AL; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)

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