Dunes City vs Lowell

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

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

Dunes City has the higher population (1,358 vs 1,221 in Lowell). Lowell has the higher median household income ($90,078 vs $71,125 in Dunes City). Dunes City has the higher median home value ($514,900 vs $339,800 in Lowell).

Population, income & housing

	Dunes City	Lowell
Population	1,358	1,221
Median age	65.1 yrs	51.2 yrs
Median household income	$71,125	$90,078
Median home value	$514,900	$339,800
Median gross rent	$694	$1,086
Housing units	824	521
Homeownership rate	79.3%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunes City	Lowell
Population	1,237 → 1,358 (+9.8%)	1,196 → 1,221 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$65,000 → $71,125 (+9.4%)	$55,729 → $90,078 (+61.6%)
Median home value	$374,200 → $514,900 (+37.6%)	$192,700 → $339,800 (+76.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,044 → $694 (-33.5%)	$944 → $1,086 (+15.0%)

Dunes City

Population

1,2371,358

Median household income

$65,000$71,125

Median home value

$374,200$514,900

Median gross rent

$1,044$694

Lowell

Population

1,1961,221

Median household income

$55,729$90,078

Median home value

$192,700$339,800

Median gross rent

$944$1,086

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunes City	Lowell
Under 5	2.9%	2.4%
5 to 17	5.3%	18.2%
18 to 24	3.1%	2.3%
25 to 34	7.1%	7.4%
35 to 44	6.8%	9.7%
45 to 54	9.4%	18.6%
55 to 64	15.1%	14.7%
65 to 74	27.9%	13.9%
75 and over	22.5%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunes City	Lowell
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.1%	1.4%
Asian	0.3%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunes City	Lowell
No high school diploma	7.7%	6.7%
High school graduate	14.3%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	48.5%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunes City	Lowell
Drove alone	74.7%	76.3%
Carpooled	6.4%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	1.1%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	9.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunes City	Lowell
1-unit, detached	88.3%	69.3%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	20.2%

Poverty & households

	Dunes City	Lowell
Poverty rate	7.3%	10.3%
Average household size	1.97	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	16	30
Median year structure built	1976	1992