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Population in July 2007: 995. Population change since 2000: +11.3%
 

Males: 488  (49.1%)
Females: 507  (50.9%)
Median resident age:  34.5 years
Oregon median age:  36.3 years

Zip codes: 97452.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $41,500 (it was $35,536 in 2000)
Lowell  $41,500
Oregon:  $48,730

Estimated median house/condo value in 2007: $165,600 (it was $101,300 in 2000)
Lowell  $165,600
Oregon:  $257,300

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Races in Lowell:

  • White Non-Hispanic (89.4%)
  • American Indian (5.7%)
  • Hispanic (4.6%)
  • Two or more races (4.4%)
  • Other race (1.3%)

2008 cost of living index in Lowell: 88.5 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (20.2%), English (15.3%), Irish (13.0%), United States (5.7%), French (3.2%), Scottish (3.2%).

Current Local Time: PST time zone

Incorporated in 1954

Elevation: 741 feet

Land area: 0.92 square miles.

Population density: 1080 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Lowell

  • High school or higher: 80.5%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 15.6%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 5.6%
  • Unemployed: 9.7%
  • Mean travel time to work: 26.4 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Lowell city

  • Never married: 22.2%
  • Now married: 58.6%
  • Separated: 2.8%
  • Widowed: 3.4%
  • Divorced: 13.0%

14 residents are foreign born

This city:  1.6%
Oregon:  8.5%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this city in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Lowell:  0.9% ($950)
Oregon:  1.1% ($1,687)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Springfield, OR (17.0 miles , pop. 52,864).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Northwest Clackamas, OR (102.7 miles , pop. 224,220).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (744.5 miles , pop. 3,694,820).

Nearest cities: Pleasant Hill, OR (12.7 miles ), Creswell, OR (16.4 miles ), Springfield, OR (17.0 miles ), Marcola, OR (17.6 miles ), Cottage Grove, OR (21.0 miles ), Westfir, OR (22.2 miles ), Coburg, OR (24.4 miles ), Eugene, OR (24.4 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 1 building, cost: $90,200
  • 1997: 1 building, cost: $189,800
  • 1998: 0 buildings
  • 1999: 0 buildings
  • 2000: 2 buildings, average cost: $213,400
  • 2001: 1 building, cost: $184,800
  • 2002: 6 buildings, average cost: $208,500
  • 2003: 7 buildings, average cost: $220,600
  • 2004: 6 buildings, average cost: $190,500
  • 2005: 13 buildings, average cost: $212,600
  • 2006: 17 buildings, average cost: $207,000
  • 2007: 12 buildings, average cost: $177,400

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Latitude: 43.92 N, Longitude: 122.78 W


Area code: 541

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Population change in the 1990s: +59 (+7.4%).



Most common industries for males:
  • Construction (18%)
  • Wood products (9%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
  • Food and beverage stores (6%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)
  • Public administration (4%)
  • Other direct selling establishments (4%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Health care (15%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
  • Educational services (7%)
  • Public administration (7%)
  • Construction (5%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
  • Accommodation and food services (4%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (8%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
  • Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (5%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (4%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
  • Child care workers (6%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)


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Hospitals/medical centers near Lowell:
  • MCKENZIE-WILLAMETTE HOSPITAL, INC (about 19 miles; SPRINGFIELD, OR)
  • COTTAGE GROVE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 22 miles; COTTAGE GROVE, OR)
  • LANE COUNTY PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL (about 23 miles; EUGENE, OR)

Political contributions by individuals in Lowell, OR

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Lowell:
  • MAHLON SWEET FIELD (about 33 miles; EUGENE, OR; ID: EUG)
  • CORVALLIS MUNI (about 52 miles; CORVALLIS, OR; ID: CVO)
  • MCNARY FLD (about 69 miles; SALEM, OR; ID: SLE)
Other public-use airports nearest to Lowell:
  • HOBBY FIELD (about 16 miles; CRESWELL, OR; ID: 77S)
  • COTTAGE GROVE STATE (about 19 miles; COTTAGE GROVE, OR; ID: 61S)
  • OAKRIDGE STATE (about 23 miles; OAKRIDGE, OR; ID: 5S0)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Lowell:
  • UNIVERSITY OF OREGON (about 21 miles; EUGENE, OR; Full-time enrollment: 16,239)
  • LANE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 25 miles; EUGENE, OR; FT enrollment: 5,853)
  • LINN-BENTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 49 miles; ALBANY, OR; FT enrollment: 3,057)
  • OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 57 miles; CORVALLIS, OR; FT enrollment: 15,404)
  • WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY (about 69 miles; SALEM, OR; FT enrollment: 2,325)
  • WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY (about 72 miles; MONMOUTH, OR; FT enrollment: 4,209)
  • CHEMEKETA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 75 miles; SALEM, OR; FT enrollment: 5,253)
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Drinking water stations with addresses in Lowell and their reported violations in the past:

LOWELL, CITY OF (Population served: 1075, Surface_water):
Past monitoring violations:
  • One minor monitoring violation
  • 54 regular monitoring violations
OPRD WASHBURNE WAYSIDE (Population served: 200, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • One routine major monitoring violation
  • One regular monitoring violation
OPRD WINBERRY CREEK PARK (Population served: 200, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • 9 routine major monitoring violations
  • 5 regular monitoring violations
USFS BLUE POOL CAMPGROUND (Population served: 130, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • 2 regular monitoring violations
OPRD JASPER PARK (Population served: 120, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between APR-2004 and JUN-2004, Contaminant: Coliform
Past monitoring violations:
  • 4 routine major monitoring violations
  • 4 regular monitoring violations
OPRD LOWELL PARK (Population served: 120, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • 4 routine major monitoring violations
  • 3 regular monitoring violations
OPRD CASCARA CAMPGROUND (Population served: 100, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between JUL-2000 and SEP-2000, Contaminant: Coliform
Past monitoring violations:
  • 2 routine major monitoring violations
  • 3 regular monitoring violations
USFS NORTH WALDO CAMPGROUND (Population served: 42, Surface_water):
Past health violations:
  • Treatment Technique (SWTR) - In JUL-1999
Past monitoring violations:
  • Monitoring, Routine/Repeat (SWTR-Filter) - In AUG-2000. Follow-up actions: St AO (w/penalty) issued (DEC-20-1993)
  • Monitoring, Routine/Repeat (SWTR-Filter) - In JUL-2000. Follow-up actions: St AO (w/penalty) issued (DEC-20-1993)
  • Monitoring, Routine/Repeat (SWTR-Filter) - In AUG-1998. Follow-up actions: St AO (w/penalty) issued (DEC-20-1993)
  • Monitoring, Routine/Repeat (SWTR-Filter) - In AUG-1997. Follow-up actions: St AO (w/penalty) issued (DEC-20-1993)
  • Monitoring, Routine/Repeat (SWTR-Filter) - In JUL-1997. Follow-up actions: St AO (w/penalty) issued (DEC-20-1993)
  • One routine major monitoring violation
Drinking water stations with addresses in Lowell that have no violations reported:
  • USFS KIAHANIE CAMPGROUND (Population served: 32, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
  • SUNRISE COFFEE COMPANY (Population served: 32, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)

Average household size:
This city:  2.7 people
Oregon:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:  75.2%
Whole state:  65.8%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  7.3%
Whole state:  6.3%

No gay or lesbian households reported

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  11.5%
Whole state:  11.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  4.6%
Whole state:  5.0%

Lowell compared to Oregon state average:
  • Unemployed percentage above state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage above state average.


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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Other Government Administration 2$4,456$26,7361$1,597
Streets and Highways 0$0 1$506
Water Supply 1$2,432$29,1840$0
Sewerage 1$2,927$35,1240$0
Totals for Government 4$9,815$29,4452$2,103



Lowell government finances in 2002:
  • Charges - Sewerage: $123,000
  • Construction - Water Utilities: $690,000
    Regular Highways: $100,000
    Parks & Recreation: $19,000
  • Current Operations - Sewerage: $82,000
    Regular Highways: $58,000
    Financial Administration: $19,000
    Water Utilities: $15,000
    General - Other: $12,000
    Parks & Recreation: $1,000
  • Federal Intergovernmental - Water Utilities: $690,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $27,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $27,000
  • Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $18,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $627,000
  • Revenue - Water Utilities: $110,000
  • State Intergovernmental - Highways: $82,000
    Housing & Community Development: $20,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $92,000
  • Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $1,000

6.73% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($35,981 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.73%
Oregon average:  8.89%

0.17% of residents moved from foreign countries ($286 average AGI)
Lane County:  0.17%
Oregon average:  0.11%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Multnomah County, OR  0.33% ($26,972 average AGI)
from Douglas County, OR  0.32% ($36,575)
from Linn County, OR  0.22% ($33,628)


6.21% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($33,293 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.21%
Oregon average:  7.91%

0.07% of residents moved to foreign countries ($303 average AGI)
Lane County:  0.07%
Oregon average:  0.06%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Multnomah County, OR  0.62% ($25,531 average AGI)
to Linn County, OR  0.34% ($36,072)
to Washington County, OR  0.32% ($32,106)


Strongest AM radio stations in Lowell:
  • KPNW (1120 AM; 50 kW; EUGENE, OR; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KUGN (590 AM; 5 kW; EUGENE, OR; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • KZTU (660 AM; 10 kW; JUNCTION CITY, OR; Owner: PAMPLIN BROADCASTING-OREGON, INC.)
  • KORE (1050 AM; 5 kW; SPRINGFIELD-EUGENE, OR; Owner: SUPPORT CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING)
  • KRVM (1280 AM; 5 kW; EUGENE, OR; Owner: LANE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 4J)
  • KEED (1600 AM; 5 kW; EUGENE, OR; Owner: INTEGRITY MEDIA INCORPORATED)
  • KPOJ (620 AM; 50 kW; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KGRV (700 AM; 25 kW; WINSTON, OR; Owner: PACIFIC CASCADE COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
  • KDUN (1030 AM; 50 kW; REEDSPORT, OR; Owner: PAMPLIN BROADCASTING-OREGON, INC.)
  • KXL (750 AM; 50 kW; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: ROSE CITY RADIO CORPORATION)
  • KPAM (860 AM; 50 kW; TROUTDALE, OR; Owner: PAMPLIN BROADCASTING-OREGON, INC.)
  • KEX (1190 AM; 50 kW; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KOTK (1080 AM; 50 kW; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: FISHER BROADCASTING - PORTLAND RADIO, L.L.C.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Lowell:
  • K207BX (89.3 FM; EUGENE, OR; Owner: PENSACOLA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, INC.)
  • K203BT (88.5 FM; EUGENE, OR; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
  • K214CI (90.7 FM; EUGENE, OR; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
  • KODZ (99.1 FM; EUGENE, OR; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KUJZ (95.3 FM; CRESWELL, OR; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • KKNU (93.1 FM; SPRINGFIELD-EUGENE, OR; Owner: MCKENZIE RIVER BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • KMGE (94.5 FM; EUGENE, OR; Owner: MCKENZIE RIVER BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • K261BF (100.1 FM; BLACK BUTTE, ETC., OR; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
  • KZEL-FM (96.1 FM; EUGENE, OR; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • KNRQ-FM (97.9 FM; EUGENE, OR; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • KWAX (91.1 FM; EUGENE, OR; Owner: STATE OF OREGON ACTING BY & THROUGH)
  • KEUG (105.5 FM; COTTAGE GROVE, OR; Owner: SIGNAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
  • KLCC (89.7 FM; EUGENE, OR; Owner: LANE COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
  • KLVU (107.1 FM; SWEET HOME, OR; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
  • KQFE (88.9 FM; SPRINGFIELD, OR; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
  • K245AA (96.9 FM; EUGENE, OR; Owner: ALBANY RADIO CORPORATION)
  • K205DM (88.9 FM; GLIDE, OR; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
  • K281AF (104.1 FM; OAKRIDGE, OR; Owner: MCKENZIE RIVER BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • K265CZ (100.9 FM; OAKRIDGE, OR; Owner: MCKENZIE RIVER BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • KWVA (88.1 FM; EUGENE, OR; Owner: ASSOC. STUDENTS OF THE UNIV. ORGEON)

TV broadcast stations around Lowell:
  • KLSR-TV (Channel 34; EUGENE, OR; Owner: CALIFORNIA OREGON BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KVAL-TV (Channel 13; EUGENE, OR; Owner: FISHER BROADCASTING - OREGON TV, L.L.C.)
  • KEPB-TV (Channel 28; EUGENE, OR; Owner: OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING)
  • KMTR (Channel 16; EUGENE, OR; Owner: ACKERLEY MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
  • KEVU-LP (Channel 23; EUGENE, OR; Owner: CALIFORNIA OREGON BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KEZI (Channel 9; EUGENE, OR; Owner: KEZI, INC.)
  • KAMK-LP (Channel 53; EUGENE, OR; Owner: ROSEBURG BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KMOR-LP (Channel 51; EUGENE, OR; Owner: ACKERLEY MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
  • K36FJ (Channel 36; EUGENE, OR; Owner: THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)




Lowell fatal accident list for 2002:
Oct 3, 2002 10:99 AM, Northshore Dr, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1

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