Lowell vs Rome

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

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

Rome has the higher population (77 vs 49 in Lowell). Lowell has the higher median household income ($116,786 vs $29,531 in Rome). Lowell has the higher median home value ($117,900 vs $61,300 in Rome).

Population, income & housing

	Lowell	Rome
Population	49	77
Median age	56.1 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$116,786	$29,531
Median home value	$117,900	$61,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,021
Housing units	22	47
Homeownership rate	100.0%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	1.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lowell	Rome
Population	131 → 49 (-62.6%)	101 → 77 (-23.8%)
Median household income	$73,523 → $116,786 (+58.8%)	$35,625 → $29,531 (-17.1%)
Median home value	$84,100 → $117,900 (+40.2%)	$21,900 → $61,300 (+179.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$900 → $1,021 (+13.4%)

Lowell

Population

13149

Median household income

$73,523$116,786

Median home value

$84,100$117,900

Rome

Population

10177

Median household income

$35,625$29,531

Median home value

$21,900$61,300

Median gross rent

$900$1,021

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lowell	Rome
Under 5	0.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	0.0%	19.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	13.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	7.8%
45 to 54	49.0%	22.1%
55 to 64	18.4%	19.5%
65 to 74	0.0%	6.5%
75 and over	32.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lowell	Rome
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	87.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	13.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lowell	Rome
No high school diploma	12.2%	15.1%
High school graduate	20.4%	67.9%
Some college or associate's	67.3%	15.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	1.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lowell	Rome
Drove alone	100.0%	82.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	18.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lowell	Rome
1-unit, detached	68.2%	63.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.8%	36.2%

Poverty & households

	Lowell	Rome
Poverty rate	0.0%	19.5%
Average household size	2.23	1.79
Mean commute (minutes)	—	18
Median year structure built	1938	1976