Griffith vs Lowell

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

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

Griffith has the higher population (16,228 vs 10,911 in Lowell). Lowell has the higher median household income ($83,125 vs $76,009 in Griffith). Lowell has the higher median home value ($236,900 vs $200,400 in Griffith).

Population, income & housing

	Griffith	Lowell
Population	16,228	10,911
Median age	38.4 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$76,009	$83,125
Median home value	$200,400	$236,900
Median gross rent	$1,154	$1,222
Housing units	7,318	4,229
Homeownership rate	72.4%	85.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Griffith	Lowell
Population	16,228 → 16,228 (+0.0%)	9,659 → 10,911 (+13.0%)
Median household income	$65,534 → $76,009 (+16.0%)	$67,148 → $83,125 (+23.8%)
Median home value	$141,700 → $200,400 (+41.4%)	$167,000 → $236,900 (+41.9%)
Median gross rent	$919 → $1,154 (+25.6%)	$1,125 → $1,222 (+8.6%)

Griffith

Population

16,22816,228

Median household income

$65,534$76,009

Median home value

$141,700$200,400

Median gross rent

$919$1,154

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)

	Griffith	Lowell
Under 5	7.4%	7.8%
5 to 17	11.7%	17.6%
18 to 24	8.3%	6.4%
25 to 34	15.6%	13.7%
35 to 44	14.6%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.3%	10.3%
65 to 74	11.3%	15.4%
75 and over	5.7%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Griffith	Lowell
White (non-Hispanic)	62.7%	85.3%
Black or African American	13.8%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	18.2%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Griffith	Lowell
No high school diploma	3.6%	1.9%
High school graduate	36.1%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Griffith	Lowell
Drove alone	81.1%	82.8%
Carpooled	10.3%	7.8%
Public transit	1.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	7.7%
Other means	1.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Griffith	Lowell
1-unit, detached	69.7%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	10.1%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	2.6%
20 or more units	6.0%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Griffith	Lowell
Poverty rate	7.1%	5.2%
Average household size	2.37	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1966	1990