Lowesville vs Westport

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

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

Westport has the higher population (5,079 vs 3,737 in Lowesville). Westport has the higher median household income ($132,206 vs $117,835 in Lowesville). Westport has the higher median home value ($537,800 vs $381,600 in Lowesville).

Population, income & housing

	Lowesville	Westport
Population	3,737	5,079
Median age	44.3 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$117,835	$132,206
Median home value	$381,600	$537,800
Median gross rent	$1,578	$2,197
Housing units	1,401	2,112
Homeownership rate	80.0%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	50.9%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lowesville	Westport
Population	3,208 → 3,737 (+16.5%)	4,117 → 5,079 (+23.4%)
Median household income	$87,882 → $117,835 (+34.1%)	$132,870 → $132,206 (-0.5%)
Median home value	$262,300 → $381,600 (+45.5%)	$466,900 → $537,800 (+15.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,213 → $1,578 (+30.1%)	$1,635 → $2,197 (+34.4%)

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

Westport

Population

4,1175,079

Median household income

$132,870$132,206

Median home value

$466,900$537,800

Median gross rent

$1,635$2,197

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lowesville	Westport
Under 5	4.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.3%	12.5%
18 to 24	9.4%	5.6%
25 to 34	9.1%	8.7%
35 to 44	11.5%	16.2%
45 to 54	17.0%	10.1%
55 to 64	12.0%	16.5%
65 to 74	8.4%	18.4%
75 and over	11.2%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lowesville	Westport
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	93.0%
Black or African American	2.5%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lowesville	Westport
No high school diploma	4.6%	2.7%
High school graduate	35.3%	10.9%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	37.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lowesville	Westport
Drove alone	71.8%	66.4%
Carpooled	1.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	3.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.2%	31.1%
Other means	0.5%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lowesville	Westport
1-unit, detached	83.4%	97.8%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Lowesville	Westport
Poverty rate	3.2%	1.6%
Average household size	2.69	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	31	39
Median year structure built	2001	2005