Lowell vs Macksburg

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

Lowell and Macksburg 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 111 in Macksburg). Lowell has the higher median household income ($45,625 vs $39,583 in Macksburg). Lowell has the higher median home value ($122,500 vs $56,300 in Macksburg).

Population, income & housing

	Lowell	Macksburg
Population	512	111
Median age	38.0 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$45,625	$39,583
Median home value	$122,500	$56,300
Median gross rent	$769	$700
Housing units	317	66
Homeownership rate	77.8%	88.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lowell	Macksburg
Population	575 → 512 (-11.0%)	211 → 111 (-47.4%)
Median household income	$32,083 → $45,625 (+42.2%)	$36,071 → $39,583 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$78,600 → $122,500 (+55.9%)	$45,600 → $56,300 (+23.5%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $769 (-0.8%)	$763 → $700 (-8.3%)

Lowell

Population

575512

Median household income

$32,083$45,625

Median home value

$78,600$122,500

Median gross rent

$775$769

Macksburg

Population

211111

Median household income

$36,071$39,583

Median home value

$45,600$56,300

Median gross rent

$763$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lowell	Macksburg
Under 5	9.0%	1.8%
5 to 17	13.3%	15.3%
18 to 24	10.2%	3.6%
25 to 34	14.1%	9.0%
35 to 44	18.0%	5.4%
45 to 54	7.2%	26.1%
55 to 64	7.8%	10.8%
65 to 74	7.8%	20.7%
75 and over	12.7%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lowell	Macksburg
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	95.5%
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%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lowell	Macksburg
No high school diploma	2.6%	10.2%
High school graduate	48.0%	67.0%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lowell	Macksburg
Drove alone	92.1%	94.6%
Carpooled	7.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lowell	Macksburg
1-unit, detached	81.7%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Lowell	Macksburg
Poverty rate	20.7%	25.2%
Average household size	2.32	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	22	28
Median year structure built	1938	1938