Lowell, MA Facts, Population, Income, Demographics, Economy

Cost of Living: March 2019 cost of living index in Lowell: 136.8 (high, U.S. average is 100)

Ancestries: Ancestries: Irish (10.0%), Portuguese (5.3%), French (3.8%), Brazilian (3.7%), French Canadian (3.1%), Italian (3.0%).

Population Density:

Median Incomes:
      Estimated median household income in 2017: $50,391 (it was $39,192 in 2000)
      Estimated per capita income in 2017: $24,844 (it was $17,557 in 2000)
      Estimated median house or condo value in 2017: $270,100 (it was $130,500 in 2000) Lowell:$270,100MA:$385,400

By the 1850s, Lowell had the largest industrial complex in the United States. The textile industry wove cotton produced in the South. In 1860, there were more cotton spindles in Lowell than in all eleven states combined that would form the Confederacy. Yet the city did not simply finish raw materials produced in the American South, but rather became involved in the South in another way, too. Many of the coarse cottons produced in Lowell eventually returned to the South to clothe enslaved people, and, according to historian Sven Beckert, "'Lowell' became the generic term slaves used to describe coarse cottons." The city continued to thrive as a major industrial center during the 19th century, attracting more migrant workers and immigrants to its mills. Next were the Catholic Germans, followed by a large influx of French Canadians during the 1870s and 1880s. Later waves of immigrants included Portuguese, Polish, Lithuanians, Swedes, Greeks, and eastern European Jews. They came to work in Lowell and settled in ethnic neighborhoods, with the city's population reaching almost 50% foreign-born by 1900. By the time World War I broke out in Europe, the city had reached its economic and population peak of over 110,000 people.

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1 HOSPITAL DR 1.1 miles

1 HOSPITAL DR
LOWELL, MA 1852
Categories: LOWELL MA

700 Rogers Street, 1.9 miles

700 Rogers Street,
Lowell, MA 1854
Categories: Lowell MA

10 RESEARCH PL STE 200 2.6 miles

10 RESEARCH PL STE 200
NORTH CHELMSFORD, MA 1863
Categories: NORTH CHELMSFORD MA

39 Village Square, 2.9 miles

39 Village Square,
Chelmsford, MA 1824
Categories: Chelmsford MA

345 MAIN ST 2.9 miles

345 MAIN ST
TEWKSBURY, MA 1876
Categories: TEWKSBURY MA

221 Boston Rd, Suite 1, 4.0 miles

221 Boston Rd, Suite 1,
Billerica, MA 1862
Categories: Billerica MA

510 BOSTON RD 6.5 miles

510 BOSTON RD
BILLERICA, MA 1821
Categories: BILLERICA MA

1 Branch St, 7.2 miles

1 Branch St,
Methuen, MA 1844
Categories: Methuen MA

P.O. Box 546 7.9 miles

P.O. Box 546
Andover, MA 1810
Categories: Andover MA

228 DANIEL WEBSTER HWY 8.4 miles

228 DANIEL WEBSTER HWY
NASHUA, NH 3060
Categories: NASHUA NH

48 HAMILTON AVE 8.7 miles

48 HAMILTON AVE
BILLERICA, MA 1821
Categories: BILLERICA MA

138 Haverhill St, 9.6 miles

138 Haverhill St,
Andover, MA 1810
Categories: Andover MA

66B CONCORD ST 9.7 miles

66B CONCORD ST
WILMINGTON, MA 1887
Categories: WILMINGTON MA

60 EAST ST STE 1400 9.8 miles

60 EAST ST STE 1400
METHUEN, MA 1844
Categories: METHUEN MA

1 GENERAL ST 10.0 miles

1 GENERAL ST
LAWRENCE, MA 1841
Categories: LAWRENCE MA

45 Stiles Rd Ste 102, 10.2 miles

45 Stiles Rd Ste 102,
Salem, NH 3079
Categories: Salem NH

31 STILES RD STE 1300 10.2 miles

31 STILES RD STE 1300
SALEM, NH 3079
Categories: SALEM NH

25 PELHAM RD, STE 103A 10.4 miles

25 PELHAM RD, STE 103A
SALEM, NH 3079
Categories: SALEM NH

200 SUTTON ST STE 135 10.6 miles

200 SUTTON ST STE 135
NORTH ANDOVER, MA 1845
Categories: NORTH ANDOVER MA

300 Main St, 11.0 miles

300 Main St,
Nashua, NH 3060
Categories: Nashua NH

159 N BROADWAY 11.3 miles

159 N BROADWAY
SALEM, NH 3079
Categories: SALEM NH

166 KINSLEY ST STE 203 11.6 miles

166 KINSLEY ST STE 203
NASHUA, NH 3060
Categories: NASHUA NH

90 MIDDLESEX TPKE 11.9 miles

90 MIDDLESEX TPKE
BURLINGTON, MA 1803
Categories: BURLINGTON MA

8 AUBURN ST 12.0 miles

8 AUBURN ST
NASHUA, NH 3064
Categories: NASHUA NH

289 Main St, 12.1 miles

289 Main St,
Salem, NH 3079
Categories: Salem NH

17 RIVERSIDE ST STE 202 12.3 miles

17 RIVERSIDE ST STE 202
NASHUA, NH 3062
Categories: NASHUA NH

380 MERRIMACK ST, STE B2 12.3 miles

380 MERRIMACK ST, STE B2
METHUEN, MA 1844
Categories: METHUEN MA

49 RANGE RD STE 101 12.4 miles

49 RANGE RD STE 101
WINDHAM, NH 3087
Categories: WINDHAM NH

411 MERRIMACK ST STE 205 12.4 miles

411 MERRIMACK ST STE 205
METHUEN, MA 1844
Categories: METHUEN MA

14A BROAD ST 12.6 miles

14A BROAD ST
NASHUA, NH 3064
Categories: NASHUA NH

POH on-site only 12.9 miles

POH on-site only
WOBURN, MA 1801
Categories: WOBURN MA

Onsite Only 12.9 miles

Onsite Only
Woburn Ma, MA 1801
Categories: Woburn Ma MA

58 BEDFORD ST 13.0 miles

58 BEDFORD ST
LEXINGTON, MA 2420
Categories: LEXINGTON MA

35 BEDFORD ST 13.0 miles

35 BEDFORD ST
LEXINGTON, MA 2420
Categories: LEXINGTON MA

800 W CUMMINGS PARK STE 5225 13.5 miles

800 W CUMMINGS PARK STE 5225
WOBURN, MA 1801
Categories: WOBURN MA

600 W Cummings Park Ste 3400 13.5 miles

600 W Cummings Park Ste 3400
Woburn, MA 1801
Categories: Woburn MA

200 GROTON RD 13.6 miles

200 GROTON RD
AYER, MA 1432
Categories: AYER MA

16 Main Street 14.3 miles

16 Main Street
Stoneham, MA 2180
Categories: Stoneham MA

17 MAIN ST APT 2A 14.3 miles

17 MAIN ST APT 2A
WAKEFIELD, MA 1880
Categories: WAKEFIELD MA

7 DEANE ST 15.4 miles

7 DEANE ST
MAYNARD, MA 1754
Categories: MAYNARD MA

52 BOW ST 15.5 miles

52 BOW ST
STONEHAM, MA 2180
Categories: STONEHAM MA

On-site only 15.6 miles

On-site only
Wakefield, MA 1880
Categories: Wakefield MA

ON-SITE FOR POH ONLY 15.6 miles

ON-SITE FOR POH ONLY
STONEHAM, MA 2180
Categories: STONEHAM MA

296 Main Street 15.9 miles

296 Main Street
Haverhill, MA 1830
Categories: Haverhill MA

215 SUMMER ST STE 14 16.0 miles

215 SUMMER ST STE 14
HAVERHILL, MA 1830
Categories: HAVERHILL MA

50 NASHUA RD STE 301 16.2 miles

50 NASHUA RD STE 301
LONDONDERRY, NH 3053
Categories: LONDONDERRY NH

20 S BORDER RD 17.7 miles

20 S BORDER RD
MEDFORD, MA 2155
Categories: MEDFORD MA

60 CRYSTAL AVE UNIT B STE 2 17.8 miles

60 CRYSTAL AVE UNIT B STE 2
DERRY, NH 3038
Categories: DERRY NH

1030 MAIN ST 18.1 miles

1030 MAIN ST
WALTHAM, MA 2451
Categories: WALTHAM MA

92 HIGH ST 18.1 miles

92 HIGH ST
MEDFORD, MA 2155
Categories: MEDFORD MA

371 BROADWAY 18.1 miles

371 BROADWAY
SAUGUS, MA 1906
Categories: SAUGUS MA

37 MANNING ST 18.2 miles

37 MANNING ST
MEDFORD, MA 2155
Categories: MEDFORD MA

194 NORTH ST 18.3 miles

194 NORTH ST
DANVERS, MA 1923
Categories: DANVERS MA

707 MILFORD RD RTE 101A, PINNACLE SQUARE 18.3 miles

707 MILFORD RD RTE 101A, PINNACLE SQUARE
MERRIMACK, NH 3054
Categories: MERRIMACK NH

9 HOPE AVE 18.5 miles

9 HOPE AVE
WALTHAM, MA 2453
Categories: WALTHAM MA

70 HOPE AVE APT 409 18.6 miles

70 HOPE AVE APT 409
WALTHAM, MA 2453
Categories: WALTHAM MA

41 CARLETON RD 18.6 miles

41 CARLETON RD
BELMONT, MA 2478
Categories: BELMONT MA

725 CONCORD AVE STE 5100 18.7 miles

725 CONCORD AVE STE 5100
CAMBRIDGE, MA 2138
Categories: CAMBRIDGE MA

1 ORTHOPEDICS DR LOWR LEVEL 18.9 miles

1 ORTHOPEDICS DR LOWR LEVEL
PEABODY, MA 1960
Categories: PEABODY MA

219 CENTRE ST 18.9 miles

219 CENTRE ST
MALDEN, MA 2148
Categories: MALDEN MA

51 Sawyer Rd Ste 200 19.0 miles

51 Sawyer Rd Ste 200
Waltham, MA 2453
Categories: Waltham MA

601 Concord Ave 19.2 miles

601 Concord Ave
Cambridge, MA 2138
Categories: Cambridge MA

229 Andover Street 19.6 miles

229 Andover Street
Peabody, MA 1960
Categories: Peabody MA

140 Commonwealth Ave, 19.7 miles

140 Commonwealth Ave,
Danvers, MA 1923
Categories: Danvers MA

101 STATION LNDG 19.9 miles

101 STATION LNDG
MEDFORD, MA 2155
Categories: MEDFORD MA

271 WESTERN AVE STE102 20.0 miles

271 WESTERN AVE STE102
LYNN, MA 1904
Categories: LYNN MA

10 CAMBRIA ST 20.1 miles

10 CAMBRIA ST
SOMERVILLE, MA 2143
Categories: SOMERVILLE MA

16 WESTWOOD RD 20.2 miles

16 WESTWOOD RD
SOMERVILLE, MA 2143
Categories: SOMERVILLE MA

1 MARINA PARK DR. 20.2 miles

1 MARINA PARK DR.
WEST NEWTON, MA 2465
Categories: WEST NEWTON MA

12 EVERETT ST 20.2 miles

12 EVERETT ST
CAMBRIDGE, MA 2138
Categories: CAMBRIDGE MA

376 Arsenal Street 20.2 miles

376 Arsenal Street
Watertown, MA 2472
Categories: Watertown MA

1 CROSSWOODS PATH BLVD STE 3A 20.4 miles

1 CROSSWOODS PATH BLVD STE 3A
MERRIMACK, NH 3054
Categories: MERRIMACK NH

5 MIDDLESEX AVE 20.5 miles

5 MIDDLESEX AVE
SOMERVILLE, MA 2145
Categories: SOMERVILLE MA

1493 CAMBRIDGE ST 20.9 miles

1493 CAMBRIDGE ST
CAMBRIDGE, MA 2139
Categories: CAMBRIDGE MA

5 WINTER ST 21.0 miles

5 WINTER ST
HUDSON, MA 1749
Categories: HUDSON MA

124 WESTERN AVE 21.0 miles

124 WESTERN AVE
ALLSTON, MA 2134
Categories: ALLSTON MA

114 WESTERN AVE 21.0 miles

114 WESTERN AVE
ALLSTON, MA 2134
Categories: ALLSTON MA

1400 CAMBRIDGE ST 21.0 miles

1400 CAMBRIDGE ST
CAMBRIDGE, MA 2139
Categories: CAMBRIDGE MA

736 CAMBRIDGE ST DEPARTMENT OF OCC HLTH AND TRAVEL 21.3 miles

736 CAMBRIDGE ST DEPARTMENT OF OCC HLTH AND TRAVEL
BRIGHTON, MA 2135
Categories: BRIGHTON MA

1 HIGHLANDER WAY 21.4 miles

1 HIGHLANDER WAY
MANCHESTER, NH 3103
Categories: MANCHESTER NH

7 FRANCINE RD 21.5 miles

7 FRANCINE RD
FRAMINGHAM, MA 1701
Categories: FRAMINGHAM MA

Onsite Only #1 21.6 miles

Onsite Only #1
Cambridge, MA 2139
Categories: Cambridge MA

340 HARVEY RD 21.9 miles

340 HARVEY RD
MANCHESTER, NH 3103
Categories: MANCHESTER NH

500 CUMMINGS CTR Ste 4350 22.0 miles

500 CUMMINGS CTR Ste 4350
BEVERLY, MA 1915
Categories: BEVERLY MA

1400 CENTRE ST, STE 208 22.0 miles

1400 CENTRE ST, STE 208
NEWTON CENTER, MA 2459
Categories: NEWTON CENTER MA

358 HARVARD ST 22.2 miles

358 HARVARD ST
BROOKLINE, MA 2446
Categories: BROOKLINE MA

1285 Beacon St 22.4 miles

1285 Beacon St
Brookline, MA 2446
Categories: Brookline MA

1180 Beacon St Ste 1D, 22.4 miles

1180 Beacon St Ste 1D,
Brookline, MA 2446
Categories: Brookline MA

1101 Beacon St, 1st floor 22.5 miles

1101 Beacon St, 1st floor
Brookline, MA 2446
Categories: Brookline MA

98 N WASHINGTON ST STE 107 22.5 miles

98 N WASHINGTON ST STE 107
BOSTON, MA 2114
Categories: BOSTON MA

157 UNION ST 22.8 miles

157 UNION ST
MARLBOROUGH, MA 1752
Categories: MARLBOROUGH MA

157 UNION ST 22.8 miles

157 UNION ST
MARLBORO, MA 1752
Categories: MARLBORO MA

1279 S WILLOW ST ste E-G 22.9 miles

1279 S WILLOW ST ste E-G
MANCHESTER, NH 3103
Categories: MANCHESTER NH

2075 S WILLOW ST 22.9 miles

2075 S WILLOW ST
MANCHESTER, NH 3103
Categories: MANCHESTER NH

319 Longwood Ave, 23.1 miles

319 Longwood Ave,
Boston, MA 2115
Categories: Boston MA

1 HARBORSIDE DR 23.1 miles

1 HARBORSIDE DR
EAST BOSTON, MA 2128
Categories: EAST BOSTON MA

190 N MAIN ST 23.2 miles

190 N MAIN ST
NATICK, MA 1760
Categories: NATICK MA

101 ARCH ST STE 20 23.3 miles

101 ARCH ST STE 20
BOSTON, MA 2110
Categories: BOSTON MA

435 Lancaster Street Suite 214A 23.3 miles

435 Lancaster Street Suite 214A
Leominster, MA 1453
Categories: Leominster MA

125 PARKER HILL AVE 23.5 miles

125 PARKER HILL AVE
BOSTON, MA 2120
Categories: BOSTON MA

60 HOSPITAL RD 23.5 miles

60 HOSPITAL RD
LEOMINSTER, MA 1453
Categories: LEOMINSTER MA

50 WORCESTER RD STE 3 23.6 miles

50 WORCESTER RD STE 3
FRAMINGHAM, MA 1702
Categories: FRAMINGHAM MA

156 SAINT ANDREW RD 23.7 miles

156 SAINT ANDREW RD
EAST BOSTON, MA 2128
Categories: EAST BOSTON MA

PO BOX 10547 23.7 miles

PO BOX 10547
BEDFORD, NH 3110
Categories: BEDFORD NH

168 S RIVER RD 23.8 miles

168 S RIVER RD
BEDFORD, NH 3110
Categories: BEDFORD NH

424 CENTRAL ST 23.8 miles

424 CENTRAL ST
LEOMINSTER, MA 1453
Categories: LEOMINSTER MA

922 HIGHLAND AVE 23.9 miles

922 HIGHLAND AVE
NEEDHAM, MA 2494
Categories: NEEDHAM MA

850 HARRISON AVE STE 1N67 24.0 miles

850 HARRISON AVE STE 1N67
BOSTON, MA 2118
Categories: BOSTON MA

945 WORCESTER ST ROUTE 9W 24.2 miles

945 WORCESTER ST ROUTE 9W
NATICK, MA 1760
Categories: NATICK MA

101 RIVERWAY PL 24.2 miles

101 RIVERWAY PL
BEDFORD, NH 3110
Categories: BEDFORD NH

40 S RIVER RD 24.3 miles

40 S RIVER RD
BEDFORD, NH 3110
Categories: BEDFORD NH

42 BOSTON POST RD W 24.4 miles

42 BOSTON POST RD W
MARLBOROUGH, MA 1752
Categories: MARLBOROUGH MA

52 CREST AVE STE 7A 24.5 miles

52 CREST AVE STE 7A
WINTHROP, MA 2152
Categories: WINTHROP MA

24 MORRILL PL 24.5 miles

24 MORRILL PL
AMESBURY, MA 1913
Categories: AMESBURY MA

286 NEHOIDEN ST 24.6 miles

286 NEHOIDEN ST
NEEDHAM, MA 2492
Categories: NEEDHAM MA

185 QUEEN CITY AVE 3RD FL 24.7 miles

185 QUEEN CITY AVE 3RD FL
MANCHESTER, NH 3101
Categories: MANCHESTER NH

61 Lincoln St, Suite 308 24.7 miles

61 Lincoln St, Suite 308
Framingham, MA 1702
Categories: Framingham MA

28 Newton St 24.8 miles

28 Newton St
Southboro, MA 1772
Categories: Southboro MA

275 MAMMOTH RD STE 3 24.9 miles

275 MAMMOTH RD STE 3
MANCHESTER, NH 3109
Categories: MANCHESTER NH

148 CHESTNUT ST 24.9 miles

148 CHESTNUT ST
NEEDHAM, MA 2492
Categories: NEEDHAM MA

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Local Area Info: Lowell, Massachusetts

Lowell is a city in the U.S. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Located in Middlesex County, Lowell (along with Cambridge) was a county seat until Massachusetts disbanded county government in 1999. With an estimated population of 109,945 in 2014, it is the fourth-largest city in Massachusetts, and the second-largest in the Boston metropolitan statistical area. The city is also part of a smaller Massachusetts statistical area called Greater Lowell, as well as New England's Merrimack Valley region.

Incorporated in 1826 to serve as a mill town, Lowell was named after Francis Cabot Lowell, a local figure in the Industrial Revolution. The city became known as the cradle of the American Industrial Revolution, due to a large series of textile mills and factories. Many of the Lowell's historic manufacturing sites were later preserved by the National Park Service to create Lowell National Historical Park. During the Cambodian genocide, the city took in an influx of refugees, leading to a Cambodia Town and America's second-largest Cambodian-American population.

Founded in the 1820s as a planned manufacturing center for textiles, Lowell is located along the rapids of the Merrimack River, 25 miles northwest of Boston in what was once the farming community of East Chelmsford, Massachusetts. The so-called Boston Associates, including Nathan Appleton and Patrick Tracy Jackson of the Boston Manufacturing Company, named the new mill town after their visionary leader, Francis Cabot Lowell, who had died five years before its 1823 incorporation. As Lowell's population grew, it acquired land from neighboring towns, and diversified into a full-fledged urban center. Many of the men who composed the labor force for constructing the canals and factories had immigrated from Ireland, escaping the poverty and Potato Famines of the 1830s and 1840s. The mill workers, young single women called Mill Girls, generally came from the farm families of New England.

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Cost of Living: March 2019 cost of living index in Lowell: 136.8 (high, U.S. average is 100)

Ancestries: Ancestries: Irish (10.0%), Portuguese (5.3%), French (3.8%), Brazilian (3.7%), French Canadian (3.1%), Italian (3.0%).

Population Density:

Median Incomes:
      Estimated median household income in 2017: $50,391 (it was $39,192 in 2000)
      Estimated per capita income in 2017: $24,844 (it was $17,557 in 2000)
      Estimated median house or condo value in 2017: $270,100 (it was $130,500 in 2000) Lowell:$270,100MA:$385,400

By the 1850s, Lowell had the largest industrial complex in the United States. The textile industry wove cotton produced in the South. In 1860, there were more cotton spindles in Lowell than in all eleven states combined that would form the Confederacy. Yet the city did not simply finish raw materials produced in the American South, but rather became involved in the South in another way, too. Many of the coarse cottons produced in Lowell eventually returned to the South to clothe enslaved people, and, according to historian Sven Beckert, "'Lowell' became the generic term slaves used to describe coarse cottons." The city continued to thrive as a major industrial center during the 19th century, attracting more migrant workers and immigrants to its mills. Next were the Catholic Germans, followed by a large influx of French Canadians during the 1870s and 1880s. Later waves of immigrants included Portuguese, Polish, Lithuanians, Swedes, Greeks, and eastern European Jews. They came to work in Lowell and settled in ethnic neighborhoods, with the city's population reaching almost 50% foreign-born by 1900. By the time World War I broke out in Europe, the city had reached its economic and population peak of over 110,000 people.

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