Lowville is a very small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 3,344 people and three associated neighborhoods, Lowville is the 443rd largest community in New York. Lowville has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.Lowville is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Lowville is a village of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lowville who work in sales jobs (12.15%), healthcare (11.45%), and teaching (10.81%). One of the benefits of Lowville is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.64 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result. For a small village, Lowville has a lot of people who use public transit to get to work, and those that do mostly ride the bus. This suggests that a real need for low-cost transportation in Lowville exists, and local transit is helping to meet that need.The citizens of Lowville are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.01% of adults in Lowville having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Lowville in 2022 was $30,142, which is lower middle income relative to New York, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $120,568 for a family of four. However, Lowville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Lowville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lowville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Lowville include Irish, German, English, French, and French Canadian. The most common language spoken in Lowville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
