Lowell is a medium-sized city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 11,568 people and two associated neighborhoods, Lowell is the 39th largest community in Arkansas. Much of the housing stock in Lowell was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Lowell economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Lowell, where the median household income is $95,527.00. Lowell real estate is some of the most expensive in Arkansas, although Lowell house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Lowell is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Lowell is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lowell who work in management occupations (12.01%), office and administrative support (11.92%), and sales jobs (10.26%). Also of interest is that Lowell has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 15.95% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Lowell is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The overall education level of Lowell is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 28.97% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Lowell in 2022 was $38,126, which is wealthy relative to Arkansas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $152,504 for a family of four. However, Lowell contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Lowell is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lowell home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lowell residents report their race to be White, followed by Native Hawaiian. Lowell also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 28.51% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lowell include German, Irish, English, Scottish, and Italian. Lowell also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 15.62%. The most common language spoken in Lowell is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.
