Lowell vs Stanley

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

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

Stanley has the higher population (4,014 vs 3,711 in Lowell). Stanley has the higher median household income ($71,333 vs $51,829 in Lowell). Stanley has the higher median home value ($229,000 vs $152,200 in Lowell).

Population, income & housing

	Lowell	Stanley
Population	3,711	4,014
Median age	41.4 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$51,829	$71,333
Median home value	$152,200	$229,000
Median gross rent	$1,044	$1,142
Housing units	1,710	1,578
Homeownership rate	73.0%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lowell	Stanley
Population	3,640 → 3,711 (+2.0%)	3,679 → 4,014 (+9.1%)
Median household income	$53,810 → $51,829 (-3.7%)	$55,733 → $71,333 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$117,700 → $152,200 (+29.3%)	$141,100 → $229,000 (+62.3%)
Median gross rent	$840 → $1,044 (+24.3%)	$820 → $1,142 (+39.3%)

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

Stanley

Population

3,6794,014

Median household income

$55,733$71,333

Median home value

$141,100$229,000

Median gross rent

$820$1,142

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lowell	Stanley
Under 5	5.3%	7.5%
5 to 17	15.5%	18.0%
18 to 24	5.3%	8.1%
25 to 34	15.3%	16.6%
35 to 44	12.3%	9.5%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.8%
55 to 64	18.8%	10.0%
65 to 74	11.1%	11.3%
75 and over	4.2%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lowell	Stanley
White (non-Hispanic)	66.6%	79.2%
Black or African American	12.2%	6.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	15.9%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lowell	Stanley
No high school diploma	15.7%	6.8%
High school graduate	27.3%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	40.1%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lowell	Stanley
Drove alone	73.9%	78.0%
Carpooled	10.0%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	11.9%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lowell	Stanley
1-unit, detached	89.0%	88.7%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lowell	Stanley
Poverty rate	19.2%	6.6%
Average household size	2.21	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1967	1977