Arkansas · Census place 0541720

Lowell, Arkansas

Lowell is a city in Benton County, Arkansas with an estimated 11,568 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 33rd largest of 185 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
11,568
#33 of 185 in Arkansas
Change since 2020
+16.3%
+1,621 people
Land area
9.8 sq mi
+ 0.06 sq mi water
Density
1,185 / sq mi
State median 1,001
Orange pin: Lowell. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Little Rock.

Lowell population, 2020 to 2024

Lowell added 1,621 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +16.3%. In the latest year it moved by +42. Among 68 Arkansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 6th; the median place changed by +2.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Arkansas has 11,311 people, so Lowell is 1.0 times that size.

9,947202010.2k202111.1k202211.5k202311.6k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 9,866. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lowell covers 9.76 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 1,185 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Lowell is denser than the typical town.

What county Lowell is in

All of Lowell's residents live in Benton County, which had 321,566 residents in 2024. Lowell holds 3.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lowell

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lowell by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 72745. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Lowell is

The Census internal point of Lowell is at 36.255900, -94.153400. Little Rock, the capital, is 147.9 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Rogers, AR (75,639 people), 4.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fayetteville, AR, 12.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.255900, -94.153400
DMS
36°15'21.24"N 94°09'12.24"W
UTM
15N 396381.6E 4012949.0N
Geohash
9ymn32ptf
Plus code
86877R4W+9J

Daylight in Lowell

At 36.26° N, Lowell gets about 14 h 38 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 41 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 57 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lowell

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Cave Springs, 3.8 miles away, with 6,304 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lowell, AR?

11,568 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,621 (16.3%) from 9,947 in July 2020.

What county is Lowell in?

Benton County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Lowell?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 72745.

How far is Lowell from Little Rock?

147.9 miles (238.0 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Lowell.

What is the nearest larger city to Lowell?

Rogers, AR, with 75,639 residents, 4.3 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.