Over the past decade, Hamilton County’s median household income has increased by 48% — from $46,544 in 2012 to $69,069 in 2022 — but those gains were concentrated in areas where white residents make up a majority of the population.
According to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau, ZIP code 37350, which is Lookout Mountain, has the highest median household income in the county at $181,458.
That’s nearly six times the median household income for the Alton Park ZIP code — 37410 — which is $26,333.
Among all residents in Lookout Mountain, 96.9% are white. In Alton Park, 81.1% of residents are Black.