Lowell vs Newport Center

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

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

Lowell has the higher population (231 vs 207 in Newport Center). Lowell has the higher median home value ($184,400 vs $131,500 in Newport Center). Since 2019, Lowell's population has grown faster (+66.2% vs -23.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Lowell	Newport Center
Population	231	207
Median age	39.3 yrs	30.7 yrs
Median household income	$79,250	—
Median home value	$184,400	$131,500
Median gross rent	—	$786
Housing units	99	141
Homeownership rate	94.0%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	13.1%
Unemployment rate	15.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lowell	Newport Center
Population	139 → 231 (+66.2%)	271 → 207 (-23.6%)
Median household income	$60,795 → $79,250 (+30.4%)	—
Median home value	$123,200 → $184,400 (+49.7%)	$141,700 → $131,500 (-7.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,035 → $786 (-24.1%)

Lowell

Population

139231

Median household income

$60,795$79,250

Median home value

$123,200$184,400

Newport Center

Population

271207

Median home value

$141,700$131,500

Median gross rent

$1,035$786

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lowell	Newport Center
Under 5	3.0%	2.9%
5 to 17	25.5%	16.4%
18 to 24	8.2%	29.0%
25 to 34	5.6%	10.6%
35 to 44	10.8%	2.4%
45 to 54	28.6%	6.3%
55 to 64	10.0%	9.7%
65 to 74	6.1%	15.9%
75 and over	2.2%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lowell	Newport Center
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	98.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lowell	Newport Center
No high school diploma	6.2%	12.1%
High school graduate	47.9%	51.4%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lowell	Newport Center
Drove alone	65.7%	66.7%
Carpooled	34.3%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	16.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lowell	Newport Center
1-unit, detached	86.9%	44.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	37.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Lowell	Newport Center
Poverty rate	6.9%	34.3%
Average household size	2.75	1.60
Mean commute (minutes)	60	18
Median year structure built	1938	1956