Lake Station vs Lowell

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

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

Lake Station has the higher population (13,109 vs 10,911 in Lowell). Lowell has the higher median household income ($83,125 vs $56,306 in Lake Station). Lowell has the higher median home value ($236,900 vs $124,800 in Lake Station).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Station	Lowell
Population	13,109	10,911
Median age	34.2 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$56,306	$83,125
Median home value	$124,800	$236,900
Median gross rent	$1,115	$1,222
Housing units	5,120	4,229
Homeownership rate	69.5%	85.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	14.9%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Station	Lowell
Population	12,002 → 13,109 (+9.2%)	9,659 → 10,911 (+13.0%)
Median household income	$47,857 → $56,306 (+17.7%)	$67,148 → $83,125 (+23.8%)
Median home value	$84,400 → $124,800 (+47.9%)	$167,000 → $236,900 (+41.9%)
Median gross rent	$953 → $1,115 (+17.0%)	$1,125 → $1,222 (+8.6%)

Lake Station

Population

12,00213,109

Median household income

$47,857$56,306

Median home value

$84,400$124,800

Median gross rent

$953$1,115

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)

	Lake Station	Lowell
Under 5	6.8%	7.8%
5 to 17	17.9%	17.6%
18 to 24	12.4%	6.4%
25 to 34	13.9%	13.7%
35 to 44	12.4%	13.2%
45 to 54	9.9%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.2%	10.3%
65 to 74	9.0%	15.4%
75 and over	3.4%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Station	Lowell
White (non-Hispanic)	61.1%	85.3%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	31.1%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Station	Lowell
No high school diploma	20.4%	1.9%
High school graduate	47.8%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Station	Lowell
Drove alone	85.6%	82.8%
Carpooled	6.7%	7.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	7.7%
Other means	1.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Station	Lowell
1-unit, detached	81.0%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	10.1%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.8%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	10.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Station	Lowell
Poverty rate	16.7%	5.2%
Average household size	2.73	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1962	1990