† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupLowellMassachusettsUnited States
Irish13.1%18.6%9.4%
Italian8.7%11.1%4.8%
English7.0%9.7%9.5%
German4.5%5.4%12.5%
French2.3%4.7%1.6%
Polish2.2%3.4%2.2%
American2.2%3.3%5.3%
French Canadian1.6%——
Chinese7.5%2.5%1.3%
Asian Indian6.5%1.9%1.4%
Cambodian1.8%0.4%—
Vietnamese1.5%0.8%0.6%
Korean1.3%0.4%0.4%
Nepalese0.5%——
Taiwanese0.5%——
Filipino0.3%0.2%0.9%
Puerto Rican4.9%4.6%1.8%
Salvadoran2.8%1.1%0.7%
Mexican1.9%0.8%11.3%
Guatemalan1.7%0.8%0.5%
Dominican1.5%2.7%0.7%
Colombian1.3%0.6%0.4%
Ecuadorian0.6%0.3%—
Cuban0.4%0.2%0.7%
African American†4.8%2.6%9.9%
Haitian2.0%1.1%0.3%
African0.9%0.3%0.5%
Nigerian0.4%0.2%0.2%
Ethiopian0.4%——
Jamaican0.4%0.5%0.4%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Lowell
Massachusetts
United States
Median age
35.6
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
11.9%
9.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
12.7%
17.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Lowell
Massachusetts
United States
Median household income
$78,658
$103,960
$84,427
Poverty rate
16.9%
10.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
30.0%
47.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Lowell
Massachusetts
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
43.3%
25.1%
22.3%
Spanish
13.6%
9.7%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
8.7%
6.1%
2.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
12.3%
1.2%
1.1%
Other languages
3.1%
1.0%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Lowell
Massachusetts
United States
Catholic
—
35.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
3.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
51.4%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Lowell, Massachusetts
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+31.2%
2008
+32.4%
2012
+35.6%
2016
+35.3%
2020
+34.4%
2024
+23.1%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
59.6%Harris21,080
36.5%Trump12,906
4.0%
D+23.1
R+11.3
D+24.6
35,392
D
66.2%Biden25,555
31.8%Trump12,276
2.0%
D+34.4
R+0.9
D+29.9
38,614
D
64.1%Clinton23,555
28.8%Trump10,584
7.0%
D+35.3
R+0.2
D+33.2
36,721
D
66.8%Obama23,014
31.2%Romney10,758
2.0%
D+35.6
D+3.1
D+31.7
34,459
D
65.3%Obama20,646
32.9%McCain10,393
1.8%
D+32.4
D+1.2
D+25.2
31,609
D
64.8%Kerry19,603
33.5%Bush10,153
1.7%
D+31.2
—
D+33.7
30,266
Lowell's electorate reflects decades of refugee resettlement alongside working-class Latino and South Asian growth, producing a majority-minority city where turnout patterns diverge sharply by neighborhood and nativity.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 35.6 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 11.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 23.1 points.
A population of 118,368, a 44% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $78,658 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Malden and Jersey City.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Lowell, Massachusetts voted Democratic by 23.1 points (D+23.1), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 35,392 votes cast, 21,080 went Democratic and 12,906 went Republican.
How many people live in Lowell, Massachusetts?
Lowell, Massachusetts has a population of 118,368 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lowell, Massachusetts?
Median household income in Lowell, Massachusetts is $78,658 — below the national median of $80,734. The Massachusetts state median is $103,960.
What is the political history of Lowell, Massachusetts?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Lowell, Massachusetts from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
