Lowell vs Lower Salem

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

Lowell and Lower Salem are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lowell has the higher population (512 vs 93 in Lower Salem). Lower Salem has the higher median household income ($103,125 vs $45,625 in Lowell). Lowell has the higher median home value ($122,500 vs $93,800 in Lower Salem).

Population, income & housing

	Lowell	Lower Salem
Population	512	93
Median age	38.0 yrs	24.1 yrs
Median household income	$45,625	$103,125
Median home value	$122,500	$93,800
Median gross rent	$769	$1,550
Housing units	317	40
Homeownership rate	77.8%	48.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lowell	Lower Salem
Population	575 → 512 (-11.0%)	123 → 93 (-24.4%)
Median household income	$32,083 → $45,625 (+42.2%)	$33,750 → $103,125 (+205.6%)
Median home value	$78,600 → $122,500 (+55.9%)	$92,500 → $93,800 (+1.4%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $769 (-0.8%)	$713 → $1,550 (+117.4%)

Lowell

Population

575512

Median household income

$32,083$45,625

Median home value

$78,600$122,500

Median gross rent

$775$769

Lower Salem

Population

12393

Median household income

$33,750$103,125

Median home value

$92,500$93,800

Median gross rent

$713$1,550

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lowell	Lower Salem
Under 5	9.0%	9.7%
5 to 17	13.3%	24.7%
18 to 24	10.2%	20.4%
25 to 34	14.1%	10.8%
35 to 44	18.0%	16.1%
45 to 54	7.2%	12.9%
55 to 64	7.8%	0.0%
65 to 74	7.8%	5.4%
75 and over	12.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lowell	Lower Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	98.9%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lowell	Lower Salem
No high school diploma	2.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	48.0%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	26.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lowell	Lower Salem
Drove alone	92.1%	81.8%
Carpooled	7.0%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lowell	Lower Salem
1-unit, detached	81.7%	95.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lowell	Lower Salem
Poverty rate	20.7%	31.2%
Average household size	2.32	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	22	37
Median year structure built	1938	1938