Lowell vs Newton

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

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

Lowell has the higher population (114,799 vs 88,504 in Newton). Newton has the higher median household income ($184,989 vs $76,205 in Lowell). Newton has the higher median home value ($1,202,500 vs $395,100 in Lowell).

Population, income & housing

	Lowell	Newton
Population	114,799	88,504
Median age	35.5 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$76,205	$184,989
Median home value	$395,100	$1,202,500
Median gross rent	$1,603	$2,388
Housing units	44,110	33,531
Homeownership rate	44.0%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	80.7%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lowell	Newton
Population	111,306 → 114,799 (+3.1%)	88,593 → 88,504 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$56,878 → $76,205 (+34.0%)	$151,068 → $184,989 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$269,800 → $395,100 (+46.4%)	$914,700 → $1,202,500 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,158 → $1,603 (+38.4%)	$1,940 → $2,388 (+23.1%)

Lowell

Population

111,306114,799

Median household income

$56,878$76,205

Median home value

$269,800$395,100

Median gross rent

$1,158$1,603

Newton

Population

88,59388,504

Median household income

$151,068$184,989

Median home value

$914,700$1,202,500

Median gross rent

$1,940$2,388

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lowell	Newton
Under 5	5.7%	4.1%
5 to 17	15.5%	16.7%
18 to 24	12.3%	11.8%
25 to 34	15.8%	9.9%
35 to 44	14.6%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.1%	14.0%
55 to 64	12.7%	12.7%
65 to 74	7.6%	11.1%
75 and over	4.7%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lowell	Newton
White (non-Hispanic)	44.2%	69.8%
Black or African American	10.1%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	21.0%	16.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	1.7%
Two or more races	4.2%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	19.3%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lowell	Newton
No high school diploma	16.7%	2.7%
High school graduate	30.8%	6.6%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	10.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	28.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	52.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lowell	Newton
Drove alone	73.0%	49.6%
Carpooled	8.6%	5.6%
Public transit	2.0%	8.7%
Walked	3.9%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.8%
Worked from home	10.0%	28.7%
Other means	2.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lowell	Newton
1-unit, detached	30.5%	56.2%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	26.8%	20.6%
5 to 19 units	16.9%	5.9%
20 or more units	17.7%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lowell	Newton
Poverty rate	16.0%	4.7%
Average household size	2.59	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1954	1940