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Lowell city, Middlesex County, MA

114,289 Population
13.6 square miles 8,397.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±1.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Middlesex County: 39.2 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 40.3 ±0.1

Economics

$37,797 ±$2,845 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Middlesex County: $67,183 ±$1,078
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $55,897 ±$450
$73,083 ±$5,521 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Middlesex County: $123,705 ±$3,005
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $99,858 ±$1,355

14.9% ±3.3% (16,334  ±3,627) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in Middlesex County: 7.7% 120,380 (±0.6% / ±9,474)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 10.4% 706,730 (±0.4% / ±24,578)

26.5 minutes ±1.4 (1,422,435  ±122,224) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Middlesex County: 30.2 21,622,500 (±0.4 / ±448,842)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.9 93,102,016 (±0.2 / ±1,049,623)

Families

43,220 ±2,016 Number of households
  • Middlesex County: 632,721 ±4,250
  • Massachusetts: 2,800,984 ±8,760
2.5 ±0.1 (108,838  ±148) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Middlesex County: 2.5 1,565,202 (±0 / ±291)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,760,613

4.9% ±2.6% (1,310  ±695) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 4.6% † 18,288 (±0.7% / ±2,600)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,773 (±0.4% / ±5,978)

Housing

45,389 ±2,182 Number of housing units
  • Middlesex County: 666,703 ±261
  • Massachusetts: 3,045,867 ±257

$453,400 ±$20,436 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Middlesex County: $716,100 ±$8,436
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $570,800 ±$3,746

13.5% ±2.7% (15,241  ±3,070) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 12.5% 201,281 (±0.8% / ±12,576.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 11.8% 816,565 (±0.4% / ±25,330.8)

Social

84% ±5.1% (66,449  ±4,699.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Middlesex County: 93.7% 1,082,371 (±1.4% / ±16,385.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,546,817 (±0.7% / ±33,154.6)
32.6% ±3.5% (25,818  ±2,915.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Middlesex County: 60% 693,663 (±1.1% / ±12,453.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 47.8% 2,377,209 (±0.5% / ±22,965.8)

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

33.5% ±3.3% (38,293  ±3,771) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Middlesex County: 23.2% 377,463
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,263,580

3.1% ±1% (2,836  ±969) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Middlesex County: 3.2% 41,793 (±0.2% / ±2,885)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.1% 234,066 (±0.1% / ±7,800)
2,836 Total veterans ±969 2,669 Male ±927 167 Female ±261

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