Lowell vs Newport

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

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

Newport has the higher population (1,231 vs 512 in Lowell). Newport has the higher median household income ($89,883 vs $45,625 in Lowell). Newport has the higher median home value ($211,200 vs $122,500 in Lowell).

Population, income & housing

	Lowell	Newport
Population	512	1,231
Median age	38.0 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$45,625	$89,883
Median home value	$122,500	$211,200
Median gross rent	$769	—
Housing units	317	597
Homeownership rate	77.8%	95.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lowell	Newport
Population	575 → 512 (-11.0%)	949 → 1,231 (+29.7%)
Median household income	$32,083 → $45,625 (+42.2%)	$67,036 → $89,883 (+34.1%)
Median home value	$78,600 → $122,500 (+55.9%)	$163,900 → $211,200 (+28.9%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $769 (-0.8%)	$545 → $688 (+26.2%)

Lowell

Population

575512

Median household income

$32,083$45,625

Median home value

$78,600$122,500

Median gross rent

$775$769

Newport

Population

9491,231

Median household income

$67,036$89,883

Median home value

$163,900$211,200

Median gross rent

$545$688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lowell	Newport
Under 5	9.0%	2.4%
5 to 17	13.3%	15.1%
18 to 24	10.2%	11.6%
25 to 34	14.1%	16.2%
35 to 44	18.0%	8.6%
45 to 54	7.2%	15.1%
55 to 64	7.8%	18.8%
65 to 74	7.8%	6.4%
75 and over	12.7%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lowell	Newport
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.1%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lowell	Newport
No high school diploma	2.6%	1.9%
High school graduate	48.0%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	44.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lowell	Newport
Drove alone	92.1%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lowell	Newport
1-unit, detached	81.7%	91.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Lowell	Newport
Poverty rate	20.7%	1.8%
Average household size	2.32	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1938	1981