Lowell is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 113,608 people and 26 associated neighborhoods, Lowell is the fifth largest community in Massachusetts. Much of the housing stock in Lowell was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Also of interest is that Lowell has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Lowell telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.73% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One thing noticeable about Lowell, although not a huge city, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That’s because Lowell is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Lowell a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

In terms of college education, Lowell is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 28.33% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Lowell in 2022 was $33,574, which is low income relative to Massachusetts, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $134,296 for a family of four. However, Lowell contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Lowell is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lowell home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lowell residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Lowell also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.77% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lowell include Irish, Italian, French, Portuguese, and English.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Lowell's cultural character, accounting for 28.74% of the city’s population.

The most common language spoken in Lowell is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Mon-Khmer (Cambodian).