Tennessee · Census place 4743640
Lookout Mountain, Tennessee
Lookout Mountain is a town in Hamilton County, Tennessee with an estimated 2,038 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 170th largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,038
- #170 of 232 in Tennessee
- Change since 2020
- -1.5%
- -30 people
- Land area
- 1.3 sq mi
- Density
- 1,521 / sq mi
- State median 947
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Lookout Mountain population, 2020 to 2024
Lookout Mountain lost 30 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.5%. In the latest year it moved by -14.
Lookout Mountain covers 1.34 square miles of land, for 1,521 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Lookout Mountain is denser than the typical town.
What county Lookout Mountain is in
All of Lookout Mountain's residents live in Hamilton County, which had 386,256 residents in 2024. Lookout Mountain holds 0.5% 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 town's land: 37350. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town 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 34.994500, -85.351600. Nashville, the capital, is 114.1 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Rossville, GA (3,942 people), 3.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chattanooga, TN, 7.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 34.994500, -85.351600
- DMS
- 34°59'40.20"N 85°21'5.76"W
- UTM
- 16N 650436.5E 3873674.4N
- Geohash
- dn5r1f8ce
- Plus code
- 866PXJVX+R9
Daylight in Lookout Mountain
At 34.99° 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 43 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 Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is East Ridge, 7.0 miles away, with 21,970 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Lookout Mountain, TN?
2,038 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 30 (1.5%) from 2,068 in July 2020.
What county is Lookout Mountain in?
Hamilton 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: 37350.
How far is Lookout Mountain from Nashville?
114.1 miles (183.7 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Lookout Mountain.
What is the nearest larger city to Lookout Mountain?
Rossville, GA, with 3,942 residents, 3.7 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.