Lowell vs Ross

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

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

Lowell has the higher population (10,911 vs 6,740 in Ross). Lowell has the higher median household income ($83,125 vs $53,824 in Ross). Lowell has the higher median home value ($236,900 vs $114,600 in Ross).

Population, income & housing

	Lowell	Ross
Population	10,911	6,740
Median age	39.1 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$83,125	$53,824
Median home value	$236,900	$114,600
Median gross rent	$1,222	$1,085
Housing units	4,229	3,182
Homeownership rate	85.7%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lowell	Ross
Population	9,659 → 10,911 (+13.0%)	—
Median household income	$67,148 → $83,125 (+23.8%)	—
Median home value	$167,000 → $236,900 (+41.9%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,125 → $1,222 (+8.6%)	—

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

Ross

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lowell	Ross
Under 5	7.8%	4.6%
5 to 17	17.6%	18.5%
18 to 24	6.4%	8.0%
25 to 34	13.7%	13.0%
35 to 44	13.2%	10.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	15.0%
55 to 64	10.3%	17.7%
65 to 74	15.4%	8.0%
75 and over	4.1%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lowell	Ross
White (non-Hispanic)	85.3%	57.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	14.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.7%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	21.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lowell	Ross
No high school diploma	1.9%	15.0%
High school graduate	39.5%	46.3%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lowell	Ross
Drove alone	82.8%	84.1%
Carpooled	7.8%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	1.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	2.6%
Other means	0.7%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lowell	Ross
1-unit, detached	79.7%	79.4%
1-unit, attached	10.1%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	7.6%
20 or more units	2.6%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Lowell	Ross
Poverty rate	5.2%	16.5%
Average household size	2.62	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	33	27
Median year structure built	1990	1958