West BrowGA
1,044 residents make their home in this town in Georgia.
Is West Brow a good place to live?
West Brow’s best subject grade is an A for cost of living; its weakest is a D for walkability. West Brow’s mean commuting time is 38 minutes, where Georgia’s towns sit at 26 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Only 19 of Georgia’s 371 towns score lower on walkability. Only 18 of Georgia’s 374 towns score lower on the outdoors. West Brow has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,044 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How West Brow grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Georgia), ordered by how far West Brow is from typical.
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Lookout Mountain and 18 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around West Brow. Close and well known come first.
4 mi MountainLookout Mountain
9 mi WaterfallRuby Falls18 mi CaveEllison's Cave
4 mi National Military ParkChickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park972K visitors a year11 mi Theme parkLake Winnepesaukah
12 mi Park & preserveNickajack CavePhoto credits
Lookout Mountain: Teke, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ruby Falls: Oydman (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park: Lhughesw5, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Nickajack Cave: Blueway, CC BY-SA 3.0
Moving to West Brow: who provides what
West Brow is unincorporated, so Dade County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in West Brow.
West Brow stands out in Georgia and nationally, with fewer of its working residents who work locally
The share of residents in West Brow who live below the poverty line: 5%. For half of commuters, work is under 14 miles away. The top destinations are Chattanooga (35%), Trenton (8%) and Lookout Mountain (5%).
| West Brow | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 5% | 15% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.4% | 9.1% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers in West Brow
July afternoons reach 86° and January nights drop to 30°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
On CDC estimates, West Brow is healthier than 62% of U.S. towns
11% of adults worry about having enough food in West Brow. The town does better than the Georgia average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 2. Two figures for adults here: 35% sleep under 7 hours, 34% feel lonely.
| West Brow | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 22% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 40% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 39% | 33% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 23% | 19% |
| What stands out | West Brow | GA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.5% | 17.7% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9% | 15% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.8% | 7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Top of a moderate hazard risk in West Brow: inland flooding
The risk rating from FEMA in West Brow is 56 of 100. FEMA puts just over a third of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 30% to tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about West Brow
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of West Brow
About 7 of every 100 West Brow residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Georgia.
100% of working residents leave West Brow for work
Where West Brow’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About West Brow
Place in Georgia, United States
West Brow is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) on the eastern side of Dade County, Georgia, United States. It is on top of Lookout Mountain, along Georgia State Route 189, which leads northeast 5 miles (8 km) to the city of Lookout Mountain. Trenton, the Dade county seat, is 8 miles (13 km) to the southwest in the Lookout Valley. The 2020 census listed a population of 887.
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- Elevation
- 1,824 ft
Questions about West Brow
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is West Brow, GA expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.