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Population (year 2000): 4,013. Estimated
population in July 2005: 4,140 (+3.2% change)
Males: 1,890 (47.1%), Females: 2,123 (52.9%)
Kent County
Zip code:
49331
Median resident age: 34.0 years
Median household income: $42,326 (year 2000)
Median house value: $98,500 (year 2000)
Races in Lowell:
- White Non-Hispanic (95.2%)
- Hispanic (2.1%)
- Two or more races (1.3%)
- American Indian (1.3%)
- Other race (0.7%)
- Black (0.6%)
Ancestries: German (21.6%), Irish (14.7%),
English (14.1%), Dutch (10.8%), United States (8.8%), Polish
(3.7%).
Elevation: 630 feet
Land area: 2.9 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Lowell
- High school or higher: 85.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 15.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.0%
- Unemployed: 4.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 21.2 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Lowell city
- Never married: 24.7%
- Now married: 53.0%
- Separated: 1.0%
- Widowed: 8.0%
- Divorced: 13.3%
2.6% Foreign born (1.1% Europe, 0.8% Latin
America).
Population change in the 1990s: -157 (-3.8%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Lowell:
- FOREST VIEW PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL (about 15 miles;
GRAND RAPIDS, MI)
- UNITED MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 18 miles;
GREENVILLE, MI)
- METROPOLITIAN HOSPITAL (about 20 miles; GRAND
RAPIDS, MI)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Lowell:
- GERALD R. FORD INTERNATIONAL (about 13 miles; GRAND
RAPIDS, MI; ID: GRR)
- W K KELLOGG (about 45 miles; BATTLE CREEK, MI; ID:
BTL)
- KALAMAZOO/BATTLE CREEK INTERNATIONAL (about 51
miles; KALAMAZOO, MI; ID: AZO)
Other public-use airports nearest to Lowell:
- LOWELL CITY (about 2 miles; LOWELL, MI; ID: 24C)
- SOMERVILLE (about 10 miles; ADA, MI; ID: 34I)
- GREENVILLE MUNI (about 16 miles; GREENVILLE, MI; ID:
6D6)
Amtrak station near Lowell:
- 20 miles: ROCKFORD (39 S. MAIN ST.) - Bus Station.
Services: fully wheelchair accessible.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Lowell:
- CALVIN COLLEGE (about 15 miles; GRAND RAPIDS, MI;
Full-time enrollment: 4,148)
- AQUINAS COLLEGE (about 20 miles; GRAND RAPIDS, MI;
FT enrollment: 2,022)
- GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 22 miles;
GRAND RAPIDS, MI; FT enrollment: 7,590)
- GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 41 miles;
ALLENDALE, MI; FT enrollment: 15,124)
- KELLOGG COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 41 miles; BATTLE
CREEK, MI; FT enrollment: 2,824)
- WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY (about 50 miles;
KALAMAZOO, MI; FT enrollment: 23,132)
- KALAMAZOO VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 52 miles;
KALAMAZOO, MI; FT enrollment: 5,017)
Public high school in Lowell:
- LOWELL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,258;
Location: 11700 VERGENNES STREET; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Lowell:
- LOWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 941;
Location: 750 FOREMAN STREET; Grades: 06 - 08)
- CHERRY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students:
822; Location: 12675 FORMAN ROAD; Grades: 02 - 06)
- BUSHNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 443;
Location: 700 ELIZABETH STREET; Grades: KG - 01)
- UNITY ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL (Students: 77;
Location: 320 N. MONROE; Grades: UG - UG)
- MURRAY LAKE ELEMENTARY (Location: 3275 ALDEN
NASH NE; Grades: N - N )
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