Cedar Lake vs Lowell

A side-by-side comparison of Cedar Lake and Lowell: population, income, housing, and more.

Cedar Lake and Lowell are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cedar Lake has the higher population (14,686 vs 10,911 in Lowell). Lowell has the higher median household income ($83,125 vs $79,177 in Cedar Lake). Cedar Lake has the higher median home value ($259,900 vs $236,900 in Lowell).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Lake	Lowell
Population	14,686	10,911
Median age	40.3 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$79,177	$83,125
Median home value	$259,900	$236,900
Median gross rent	$1,209	$1,222
Housing units	5,993	4,229
Homeownership rate	80.1%	85.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Lake	Lowell
Population	12,491 → 14,686 (+17.6%)	9,659 → 10,911 (+13.0%)
Median household income	$65,322 → $79,177 (+21.2%)	$67,148 → $83,125 (+23.8%)
Median home value	$182,600 → $259,900 (+42.3%)	$167,000 → $236,900 (+41.9%)
Median gross rent	$927 → $1,209 (+30.4%)	$1,125 → $1,222 (+8.6%)

Cedar Lake

Population

12,49114,686

Median household income

$65,322$79,177

Median home value

$182,600$259,900

Median gross rent

$927$1,209

Lowell

Population

9,65910,911

Median household income

$67,148$83,125

Median home value

$167,000$236,900

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,222

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar Lake	Lowell
Under 5	5.3%	7.8%
5 to 17	18.8%	17.6%
18 to 24	8.3%	6.4%
25 to 34	11.8%	13.7%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.2%
45 to 54	13.9%	11.5%
55 to 64	11.8%	10.3%
65 to 74	8.9%	15.4%
75 and over	7.5%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Lake	Lowell
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	85.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Lake	Lowell
No high school diploma	6.1%	1.9%
High school graduate	36.0%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Lake	Lowell
Drove alone	85.2%	82.8%
Carpooled	5.6%	7.8%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	7.7%
Other means	3.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Lake	Lowell
1-unit, detached	78.3%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	15.8%	10.1%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.1%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Lake	Lowell
Poverty rate	3.6%	5.2%
Average household size	2.78	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	34	33
Median year structure built	1991	1990