Dallas vs Lowell

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

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

Dallas has the higher population (6,012 vs 3,711 in Lowell). Dallas has the higher median household income ($57,755 vs $51,829 in Lowell). Dallas has the higher median home value ($221,700 vs $152,200 in Lowell).

Population, income & housing

	Dallas	Lowell
Population	6,012	3,711
Median age	38.8 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,755	$51,829
Median home value	$221,700	$152,200
Median gross rent	$794	$1,044
Housing units	2,396	1,710
Homeownership rate	60.1%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dallas	Lowell
Population	4,696 → 6,012 (+28.0%)	3,640 → 3,711 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$42,606 → $57,755 (+35.6%)	$53,810 → $51,829 (-3.7%)
Median home value	$135,000 → $221,700 (+64.2%)	$117,700 → $152,200 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$723 → $794 (+9.8%)	$840 → $1,044 (+24.3%)

Dallas

Population

4,6966,012

Median household income

$42,606$57,755

Median home value

$135,000$221,700

Median gross rent

$723$794

Lowell

Population

3,6403,711

Median household income

$53,810$51,829

Median home value

$117,700$152,200

Median gross rent

$840$1,044

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dallas	Lowell
Under 5	5.5%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.9%	15.5%
18 to 24	10.3%	5.3%
25 to 34	8.7%	15.3%
35 to 44	20.3%	12.3%
45 to 54	9.3%	12.2%
55 to 64	14.6%	18.8%
65 to 74	9.2%	11.1%
75 and over	4.1%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dallas	Lowell
White (non-Hispanic)	46.9%	66.6%
Black or African American	31.3%	12.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	17.2%	15.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dallas	Lowell
No high school diploma	15.3%	15.7%
High school graduate	24.1%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	40.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dallas	Lowell
Drove alone	84.5%	73.9%
Carpooled	10.7%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	15.3%
Other means	0.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dallas	Lowell
1-unit, detached	70.5%	89.0%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	13.1%	2.1%
20 or more units	5.4%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Dallas	Lowell
Poverty rate	8.8%	19.2%
Average household size	2.81	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1997	1967