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Lowell, MA

120,418 Population
13.6 square miles 8,847.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.7 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 39.5 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 40.1 ±0.2

Economics

$36,773 ±$2,995 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $63,331 ±$635
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $57,789 ±$503
$82,956 ±$8,830 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $117,825 ±$2,297
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $104,828 ±$1,650

17.4% ±3.3% (20,028  ±3,743) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 8.8% 427,347 (±0.4% / ±19,328)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 9.7% 671,003 (±0.3% / ±22,818)

27.9 minutes ±0.7 (1,475,980  ±59,704) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 30.3 63,123,320 (±0.1 / ±374,911)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

43,121 ±2,462 Number of households
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 1,970,240 ±6,888
  • Massachusetts: 2,829,804 ±9,140
2.7 ±0.2 (114,567  ±243) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2.5 4,850,517 (±0 / ±1,456)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,879,639

4.3% ±2% (1,325  ±608) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 4.2% 51,865 (±0.3% / ±3,175)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 72,892 (±0.3% / ±4,307)

Housing

44,643 ±2,451 Number of housing units
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2,081,743 ±490
  • Massachusetts: 3,057,853 ±244

$468,700 ±$24,515 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $681,100 ±$4,127
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $607,400 ±$3,979

9.2% ±2.4% (10,956  ±2,866.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 11.3% 562,710 (±0.4% / ±19,521.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 760,652 (±0.3% / ±23,233.3)

Social

81.6% ±4.9% (63,523  ±4,521.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 92% 3,284,580 (±0.8% / ±30,151.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,637,695 (±0.7% / ±35,243.9)
26.2% ±3.1% (20,404  ±2,520.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 53% 1,891,663 (±0.6% / ±20,979.3)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 48.3% 2,449,570 (±0.5% / ±23,913.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

28.7% ±4.2% (34,568  ±4,993) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 20.7% 1,037,969
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 18.8% 1,337,811

2.8% ±0.8% (2,591  ±778) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 3.6% 144,865 (±0.2% / ±6,150)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 4% 227,919 (±0.1% / ±7,225)
2,591 Total veterans ±778 2,237 Male ±744 354 Female ±343

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