Lowell is a relatively large city located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 114,296 people and 26 associated neighborhoods, Lowell is the fifth largest community in Massachusetts. Much of the housing stock in Lowell was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.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 professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lowell who work in office and administrative support (8.57%), sales jobs (7.86%), and management occupations (7.67%). 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: 10.03% 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. The education level of Lowell citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.86% of adults in Lowell have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Lowell in 2022 was $36,138, which is low income relative to Massachusetts, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $144,552 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 Asian. Lowell also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.33% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lowell include Irish, Italian, French, English, and Portuguese. Foreign born people are also an important part of Lowell's cultural character, accounting for 29.50% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in Lowell is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Mon-Khmer (Cambodian).
