Georgia · Census place 1347336

Lookout Mountain, Georgia

Lookout Mountain is a city in Walker County, Georgia with an estimated 1,657 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 263rd largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,657
#263 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
+0.9%
+14 people
Land area
2.6 sq mi
Density
640 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Lookout Mountain. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Lookout Mountain population, 2020 to 2024

Lookout Mountain added 14 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.9%. In the latest year it moved by -9.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,644. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lookout Mountain covers 2.59 square miles of land, for 640 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Lookout Mountain is less dense than the typical town.

What county Lookout Mountain is in

All of Lookout Mountain's residents live in Walker County, which had 69,340 residents in 2024. Lookout Mountain holds 2.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lookout Mountain

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lookout Mountain by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30750. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Lookout Mountain is

The Census internal point of Lookout Mountain is at 34.966500, -85.361900. Atlanta, the capital, is 100.8 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lookout Mountain, TN (2,038 people), 2.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chattanooga, TN, 9.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.966500, -85.361900
DMS
34°57'59.40"N 85°21'42.84"W
UTM
16N 649547.3E 3870553.4N
Geohash
dn5qct3qe
Plus code
866PXJ8Q+J6

Daylight in Lookout Mountain

At 34.97° N, Lookout Mountain gets about 14 h 31 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 48 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 42 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lookout Mountain

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Rossville, 4.1 miles away, with 3,942 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lookout Mountain, GA?

1,657 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 14 (0.9%) from 1,643 in July 2020.

What county is Lookout Mountain in?

Walker County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Lookout Mountain?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 30750.

How far is Lookout Mountain from Atlanta?

100.8 miles (162.2 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Lookout Mountain.

What is the nearest larger city to Lookout Mountain?

Lookout Mountain, TN, with 2,038 residents, 2.1 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.