Lowell vs McAdenville

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

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

Lowell has the higher population (3,711 vs 1,139 in McAdenville). McAdenville has the higher median household income ($117,411 vs $51,829 in Lowell). McAdenville has the higher median home value ($350,900 vs $152,200 in Lowell).

Population, income & housing

	Lowell	McAdenville
Population	3,711	1,139
Median age	41.4 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$51,829	$117,411
Median home value	$152,200	$350,900
Median gross rent	$1,044	$1,227
Housing units	1,710	489
Homeownership rate	73.0%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	55.4%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lowell	McAdenville
Population	3,640 → 3,711 (+2.0%)	865 → 1,139 (+31.7%)
Median household income	$53,810 → $51,829 (-3.7%)	$99,167 → $117,411 (+18.4%)
Median home value	$117,700 → $152,200 (+29.3%)	$289,500 → $350,900 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$840 → $1,044 (+24.3%)	$958 → $1,227 (+28.1%)

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

McAdenville

Population

8651,139

Median household income

$99,167$117,411

Median home value

$289,500$350,900

Median gross rent

$958$1,227

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lowell	McAdenville
Under 5	5.3%	6.1%
5 to 17	15.5%	15.7%
18 to 24	5.3%	4.3%
25 to 34	15.3%	10.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	22.8%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.8%
55 to 64	18.8%	5.0%
65 to 74	11.1%	8.4%
75 and over	4.2%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lowell	McAdenville
White (non-Hispanic)	66.6%	91.9%
Black or African American	12.2%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.3%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	15.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lowell	McAdenville
No high school diploma	15.7%	4.0%
High school graduate	27.3%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	40.1%	19.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	35.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	20.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lowell	McAdenville
Drove alone	73.9%	76.2%
Carpooled	10.0%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	18.9%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lowell	McAdenville
1-unit, detached	89.0%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Lowell	McAdenville
Poverty rate	19.2%	5.2%
Average household size	2.21	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1967	2011