Lincolnton vs Lowesville

A side-by-side comparison of Lincolnton and Lowesville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lincolnton has the higher population (11,503 vs 3,737 in Lowesville). Lowesville has the higher median household income ($117,835 vs $43,294 in Lincolnton). Lowesville has the higher median home value ($381,600 vs $224,600 in Lincolnton).

Population, income & housing

	Lincolnton	Lowesville
Population	11,503	3,737
Median age	37.7 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$43,294	$117,835
Median home value	$224,600	$381,600
Median gross rent	$920	$1,578
Housing units	5,407	1,401
Homeownership rate	45.3%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lincolnton	Lowesville
Population	10,832 → 11,503 (+6.2%)	3,208 → 3,737 (+16.5%)
Median household income	$37,027 → $43,294 (+16.9%)	$87,882 → $117,835 (+34.1%)
Median home value	$153,800 → $224,600 (+46.0%)	$262,300 → $381,600 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$672 → $920 (+36.9%)	$1,213 → $1,578 (+30.1%)

Lincolnton

Population

10,83211,503

Median household income

$37,027$43,294

Median home value

$153,800$224,600

Median gross rent

$672$920

Lowesville

Population

3,2083,737

Median household income

$87,882$117,835

Median home value

$262,300$381,600

Median gross rent

$1,213$1,578

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lincolnton	Lowesville
Under 5	7.4%	4.0%
5 to 17	15.3%	17.3%
18 to 24	12.6%	9.4%
25 to 34	12.5%	9.1%
35 to 44	10.1%	11.5%
45 to 54	9.6%	17.0%
55 to 64	12.0%	12.0%
65 to 74	11.5%	8.4%
75 and over	9.0%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lincolnton	Lowesville
White (non-Hispanic)	58.1%	92.1%
Black or African American	20.3%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	17.2%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lincolnton	Lowesville
No high school diploma	12.7%	4.6%
High school graduate	30.7%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lincolnton	Lowesville
Drove alone	79.5%	71.8%
Carpooled	5.8%	1.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	23.2%
Other means	3.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lincolnton	Lowesville
1-unit, detached	62.1%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	18.0%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Lincolnton	Lowesville
Poverty rate	18.4%	3.2%
Average household size	2.21	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	24	31
Median year structure built	1970	2001