Ingleside · Photo: Frederick D. Nichols, Photographer · Public domainHousehold incomes in Lowesville top those of 85% of U.S. towns
Only 4% stay in Lowesville for work; outside it, Charlotte is the main destination (37%, 18 miles). Below the poverty line: 4.1% of residents, next to 13.0% for North Carolina as a whole. The two grades for Lowesville are A for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Lowesville apart
Lowesville has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Lowesville went from 1,050 in 2013 to 1,889 in 2023, +80%. The jobs ↓
37% of Lowesville works in Charlotte
564 working residents, 37%, have their main job in Charlotte, 18 miles away. That’s 9 times as many as work in Lowesville itself. The commute map ↓
Lowesville makes and builds things
41% of the jobs based in Lowesville are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Lowesville residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 16%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The four measures behind Lowesville’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lowesville is better than 90% of U.S. towns, #21 of 290 in North Carolina. The poverty rate is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 68% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lowesville could be anywhere from B to A+.
A place that makes things: 41% of Lowesville’s jobs are in goods
1,889 jobs are based in Lowesville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lowesville, 2013 → 2023: 1,050 → 1,889. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lowesville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Lowesville’s working residents head each day
Where Lowesville clocks in
37% of workers
5% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Who works in Lowesville, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,461 residents head out to work, 58 work right here, and 1,831 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,200 people are in Lowesville on a workday afternoon, 10% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 29 minutes to work from Lowesville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lowesville workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,710 commuters (the 20% who work from home are left out). Across North Carolina: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How many miles Lowesville commutes
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Lowesville
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lowesville is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns, #49 of 290 in North Carolina. Both inputs place Lowesville near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,130 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.1% of Lowesville households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lowesville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,200, Lowesville ranks 410th of 4,264 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 84 | Jamestown NC | 3,803 | $105K | 2.5% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 124 | Avery Creek NC | 2,887 | $113K | 1.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 187 | Fairview NC | 3,805 | $99K | 1.8% | 1.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 408 | St. Augusta MN | 3,799 | $140K | 0.0% | 3.6% | 4% | A |
| 409 | Piperton TN | 2,889 | $130K | 4.6% | 3.5% | 3% | A |
| 410 | Lowesville NC | 3,874 | $114K | 4.1% | 2.8% | 4% | A |
| 411 | Ardsley NY | 5,007 | $243K | 4.4% | 5.7% | 5% | A |
| 412 | Amberley OH | 3,841 | $155K | 1.7% | 5.5% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,264 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Lowesville, the top three, the last and three more from North Carolina.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Lowesville: questions
What is the median household income in Lowesville?
$113,510 (±$29,999) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lowesville?
4.1%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lowesville?
29 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lowesville work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Charlotte (37%, 18 mi), Huntersville (5%, 8 mi), Cornelius (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lowesville walkable?
Lowesville is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lowesville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lowesville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lowesville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.