Cave Springs vs Lowell

A side-by-side comparison of Cave Springs and Lowell: population, income, housing, and more.

Cave Springs and Lowell are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lowell has the higher population (10,438 vs 5,778 in Cave Springs). Cave Springs has the higher median household income ($147,917 vs $92,986 in Lowell). Cave Springs has the higher median home value ($431,300 vs $260,100 in Lowell).

Population, income & housing

	Cave Springs	Lowell
Population	5,778	10,438
Median age	34.4 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$147,917	$92,986
Median home value	$431,300	$260,100
Median gross rent	$2,081	$1,080
Housing units	1,925	3,768
Homeownership rate	93.4%	69.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.6%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cave Springs	Lowell
Population	4,359 → 5,778 (+32.6%)	9,175 → 10,438 (+13.8%)
Median household income	$134,740 → $147,917 (+9.8%)	$68,438 → $92,986 (+35.9%)
Median home value	$309,600 → $431,300 (+39.3%)	$157,600 → $260,100 (+65.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,595 → $2,081 (+30.5%)	$836 → $1,080 (+29.2%)

Cave Springs

Population

4,3595,778

Median household income

$134,740$147,917

Median home value

$309,600$431,300

Median gross rent

$1,595$2,081

Lowell

Population

9,17510,438

Median household income

$68,438$92,986

Median home value

$157,600$260,100

Median gross rent

$836$1,080

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cave Springs	Lowell
Under 5	10.5%	9.2%
5 to 17	24.3%	19.2%
18 to 24	2.2%	9.2%
25 to 34	16.6%	15.9%
35 to 44	15.8%	14.2%
45 to 54	13.9%	10.9%
55 to 64	8.3%	9.1%
65 to 74	2.9%	8.4%
75 and over	5.6%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cave Springs	Lowell
White (non-Hispanic)	68.9%	54.8%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.5%
Some other race	0.4%	2.2%
Two or more races	22.4%	11.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	26.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cave Springs	Lowell
No high school diploma	2.4%	14.0%
High school graduate	22.1%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	23.6%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cave Springs	Lowell
Drove alone	77.3%	78.8%
Carpooled	2.3%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.7%	14.9%
Other means	1.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cave Springs	Lowell
1-unit, detached	99.4%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	7.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Cave Springs	Lowell
Poverty rate	1.4%	7.1%
Average household size	3.19	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	2013	2001