LowesvilleNC
A town of 3,874, settled in 1877.
Why does Lowesville grade so well?
Lowesville is one of the best-graded places in America: an A, 4th among North Carolina's 286 graded towns. The median household earns $114K, CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 86% of the country, and it is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns. Its lowest mark, a B−, is in cost of living. Lowesville’s median household income is $114,000, above both North Carolina’s towns ($69,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000). Lowesville has 2 places on the National Register.
What makes Lowesville stand out
Where Lowesville beats most towns.
Lowesville has grown 11% from 2010 to 2020
2,945 counted in 2010 and 3,281 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Lowesville grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within North Carolina), ordered by how far Lowesville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Bank of America Stadium and 20 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lowesville. Close and well known come first.
Big draw16 mi Stadium & arenaBank of America Stadium
6 mi LakeLake Norman
22 mi Theme parkCarowinds15 mi MuseumSullenberger Aviation Museum70K visitors a year
19 mi Stadium & arenaBojangles Coliseum18 mi TheatreTruliant AmphitheaterPhoto credits
Bank of America Stadium: HangingCurve, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lake Norman: Prince Grobhelm, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Carowinds: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bojangles Coliseum: James Willamor, CC BY-SA 3.0
Moving to Lowesville: who provides what
Lowesville is unincorporated, so Lincoln County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Lowesville.
Lowesville has less food insecurity than most of North Carolina, has household incomes well above the North Carolina norm and has added half again as many jobs in ten years.
Lowesville’s grade for health is an A
Its widest gap with North Carolina is food insecurity: 8.3% of its 2,521 adults worry about having enough food, against 15.2% statewide.
31% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Lowesville. Lowesville beats the North Carolina average on 11 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 19% of adults get no exercise outside work in Lowesville.
| Lowesville | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 34% | 36% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 24% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 19% | 19% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| What stands out | Lowesville | NC |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.3% | 15.2% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 4.9% | 8.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.9% | 7.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Lowesville | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.1% | 3.4% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Lowesville has mild winters and hot summers
Lowesville has mild winters and warm summers. Lowesville’s July high is 90°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About one in three of Lowesville’s working residents commute to Charlotte
Jobs based here grew from 1,050 in 2013 to 1,889.
Most working residents leave Lowesville for work: only 4% work in town. 4.1% of Lowesville residents live below the poverty line. Jobs based in Lowesville grew to 1,889 in 2023, 839 more than in 2013.
| Lowesville | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4.1% | 13% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.8% | 6.8% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Lowesville faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 64% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median home in Lowesville sells for about $540K
The median rent in Lowesville is $1,490 a month.
| Lowesville | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,490 a month | $1,084 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 80% | 67% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Lowesville
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Lowesville
About 7 of every 100 Lowesville residents are enrolled in college, about the same as North Carolina.
About Lowesville
Census-designated place in North Carolina, United States
Lowesville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Lowesville had a population of 3,281.
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- Area
- 6.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 804 ft
Questions about Lowesville
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lowesville, NC a good place to live?
Yes, by almost any measure. Lowesville grades A overall, better than 94% of U.S. towns and #4 of 286 in North Carolina. It grades A for health and B+ for schools.
Is Lowesville, NC expensive?
The typical home is worth about $407,000, 22% above the North Carolina typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.