Glenwood vs Lowry

A side-by-side comparison of Glenwood and Lowry: population, income, housing, and more.

Glenwood and Lowry are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Glenwood has the higher population (2,648 vs 337 in Lowry). Lowry has the higher median household income ($56,250 vs $45,735 in Glenwood). Glenwood has the higher median home value ($181,000 vs $141,800 in Lowry).

Population, income & housing

	Glenwood	Lowry
Population	2,648	337
Median age	36.3 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$45,735	$56,250
Median home value	$181,000	$141,800
Median gross rent	$830	$933
Housing units	1,266	146
Homeownership rate	64.9%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.8%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glenwood	Lowry
Population	2,567 → 2,648 (+3.2%)	392 → 337 (-14.0%)
Median household income	$47,000 → $45,735 (-2.7%)	$63,750 → $56,250 (-11.8%)
Median home value	$148,800 → $181,000 (+21.6%)	$106,000 → $141,800 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$544 → $830 (+52.6%)	$581 → $933 (+60.6%)

Glenwood

Population

2,5672,648

Median household income

$47,000$45,735

Median home value

$148,800$181,000

Median gross rent

$544$830

Lowry

Population

392337

Median household income

$63,750$56,250

Median home value

$106,000$141,800

Median gross rent

$581$933

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glenwood	Lowry
Under 5	4.3%	4.7%
5 to 17	22.5%	22.0%
18 to 24	7.5%	8.9%
25 to 34	13.4%	11.3%
35 to 44	11.7%	11.6%
45 to 54	6.7%	9.2%
55 to 64	9.7%	13.6%
65 to 74	10.3%	13.6%
75 and over	13.9%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glenwood	Lowry
White (non-Hispanic)	96.4%	96.4%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glenwood	Lowry
No high school diploma	7.0%	5.1%
High school graduate	29.1%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glenwood	Lowry
Drove alone	63.9%	84.0%
Carpooled	12.4%	8.0%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	14.0%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	3.4%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glenwood	Lowry
1-unit, detached	62.4%	76.7%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	4.8%
20 or more units	14.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Glenwood	Lowry
Poverty rate	17.8%	7.5%
Average household size	2.15	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1958	1954