Lowell is a somewhat small city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 11,050 people and two associated neighborhoods, Lowell is the 39th largest community in Arkansas. Much of the housing stock in Lowell was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Lowell economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Lowell, where the median household income is $83,827.00. Lowell real estate is some of the most expensive in Arkansas, although Lowell house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Lowell is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Lowell is a city of managers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Lowell who work in management occupations (13.53%), sales jobs (12.61%), and business and financial occupations (10.31%). Also of interest is that Lowell has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.61% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. As is often the case in a small city, Lowell doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The citizens of Lowell are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.69% of adults in Lowell having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Lowell in 2022 was $33,829, which is wealthy relative to Arkansas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $135,316 for a family of four. However, Lowell contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Lowell is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lowell home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lowell residents report their race to be White, followed by Native Hawaiian. Lowell also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 25.60% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lowell include Irish, German, English, European, and Polish. Lowell also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 16.22%. The most common language spoken in Lowell is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Laotian.
