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. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Lowell, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Lowell, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Lowell’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Lowell does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because 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.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Lowell is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-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 population of Lowell overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Lowell, 23.69% have at least a bachelor's 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. In addition, Lowell has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (16.22%). The most common language spoken in Lowell is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Laotian.
