Dyer vs Lowell

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

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

Dyer has the higher population (16,400 vs 10,911 in Lowell). Dyer has the higher median household income ($101,183 vs $83,125 in Lowell). Dyer has the higher median home value ($288,700 vs $236,900 in Lowell).

Population, income & housing

	Dyer	Lowell
Population	16,400	10,911
Median age	46.8 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$101,183	$83,125
Median home value	$288,700	$236,900
Median gross rent	$1,182	$1,222
Housing units	6,591	4,229
Homeownership rate	90.0%	85.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.5%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dyer	Lowell
Population	15,953 → 16,400 (+2.8%)	9,659 → 10,911 (+13.0%)
Median household income	$84,202 → $101,183 (+20.2%)	$67,148 → $83,125 (+23.8%)
Median home value	$212,400 → $288,700 (+35.9%)	$167,000 → $236,900 (+41.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,311 → $1,182 (-9.8%)	$1,125 → $1,222 (+8.6%)

Dyer

Population

15,95316,400

Median household income

$84,202$101,183

Median home value

$212,400$288,700

Median gross rent

$1,311$1,182

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)

	Dyer	Lowell
Under 5	7.2%	7.8%
5 to 17	11.8%	17.6%
18 to 24	6.3%	6.4%
25 to 34	10.5%	13.7%
35 to 44	13.0%	13.2%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.4%	10.3%
65 to 74	14.8%	15.4%
75 and over	9.7%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dyer	Lowell
White (non-Hispanic)	80.7%	85.3%
Black or African American	3.3%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dyer	Lowell
No high school diploma	4.4%	1.9%
High school graduate	25.9%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dyer	Lowell
Drove alone	85.0%	82.8%
Carpooled	3.5%	7.8%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	7.7%
Other means	0.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dyer	Lowell
1-unit, detached	79.0%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	14.1%	10.1%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	2.6%
20 or more units	2.3%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dyer	Lowell
Poverty rate	6.7%	5.2%
Average household size	2.51	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	29	33
Median year structure built	1991	1990