Hickory vs Lowes

A side-by-side comparison of Hickory and Lowes: population, income, housing, and more.

Hickory and Lowes are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lowes has the higher population (126 vs 53 in Hickory). Since 2019, Lowes's population has grown faster (+61.5% vs -80.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Hickory	Lowes
Population	53	126
Median age	21.8 yrs	67.0 yrs
Housing units	68	85
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hickory	Lowes
Population	277 → 53 (-80.9%)	78 → 126 (+61.5%)
Median home value	—	$64,500 → $64,800 (+0.5%)

Hickory

Population

27753

Lowes

Population

78126

Median home value

$64,500$64,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hickory	Lowes
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	6.3%
18 to 24	67.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	4.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	7.9%
65 to 74	32.1%	81.7%
75 and over	0.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hickory	Lowes
White (non-Hispanic)	50.9%	89.7%
Black or African American	37.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hickory	Lowes
No high school diploma	100.0%	34.7%
High school graduate	0.0%	61.0%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	4.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hickory	Lowes
Drove alone	18.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	81.3%	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)

	Hickory	Lowes
1-unit, detached	0.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	75.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hickory	Lowes
Poverty rate	0.0%	81.7%
Average household size	—	1.48
Mean commute (minutes)	8	—
Median year structure built	—	1970