Indiana · Census place 1845144
Lowell, Indiana
Lowell is a town in Lake County, Indiana with an estimated 11,449 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 78th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 11,449
- #78 of 299 in Indiana
- Change since 2020
- +7.0%
- +745 people
- Land area
- 7.0 sq mi
- + 0.08 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,631 / sq mi
- State median 1,645
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Lowell population, 2020 to 2024
Lowell added 745 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.0%. In the latest year it moved by +217. Among 126 Indiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 21st; the median place changed by +1.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Indiana has 14,565 people, so Lowell is 79% of it.
Lowell covers 7.02 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 1,631 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Lowell is close to the typical town.
What county Lowell is in
All of Lowell's residents live in Lake County, which had 502,955 residents in 2024. Lowell holds 2.3% 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 town's land: 46356. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Lowell is
The Census internal point of Lowell is at 41.290500, -87.419900. Indianapolis, the capital, is 124.3 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cedar Lake, IN (16,404 people), 5.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chicago, IL, 40.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.290500, -87.419900
- DMS
- 41°17'25.80"N 87°25'11.64"W
- UTM
- 16N 464841.2E 4571091.1N
- Geohash
- dp3ffswy8
- Plus code
- 86HJ7HRJ+62
Daylight in Lowell
At 41.29° N, Lowell gets about 15 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 12 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 58 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 Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Cedar Lake, 5.8 miles away, with 16,404 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Lowell, IN?
11,449 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 745 (7.0%) from 10,704 in July 2020.
What county is Lowell in?
Lake 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: 46356.
How far is Lowell from Indianapolis?
124.3 miles (200.0 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Lowell.
What is the nearest larger city to Lowell?
Cedar Lake, IN, with 16,404 residents, 5.8 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.