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Lowell, IN Road Trips

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Downtown Lowell, IN, IN

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Trip Routes

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Longest Drive

238.7 mi

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Quickest Drive

4h 33m

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Lowell, IN by the Numbers

Recent demographic snapshot from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey.

Population

10,911

Median Income

$83,125

Median Home Value

$236,900

Median Age

39.1

Source: US Census Bureau ACS 5-year (public domain). See our methodology for details.

Lowell, IN at a Glance

Founded

1834

Elevation

669 ft

Area

5 mi²

Notable People from Lowell, IN

A sampling of people born in Lowell, IN.

Jo Anne Worley

Jo Anne Worley

1937

American actress

Channing Stacks Lorenzo

1995

American professional wrestler

Corbett Davis

Corbett Davis

1914–1968

American football player (1914-1968)

City data from Wikidata (Q543975), available under CC0. Photos from Wikimedia Commons under their respective licenses. See our methodology for details.

Traveler Guide to Lowell, IN

Lake County is the northwesternmost county of Indiana, which also comprises the southeastern portion of the Chicagoland region.

Lake County is both the industrial underbelly of Chicago and the industrial hinterland of Indiana. A major population center for both, Lake County has fallen on hard times since World War II, with the steady decline in the U.S. industrial sector. Once a rich city, Gary now ranks among the country's poorest, most violent, and most blighted cities, governed by crooks and abandoned by the middle class. Outside Gary life is far better, albeit still relatively poor. Why come to Lake County? Chicagoans will shake their heads, Hoosiers relate to it with a mixture of terror and derision. But there are some real diamonds in the rough, some great deals on hotels, and several big casinos. Fans of the industrial post-apocalyptic genre will find much to gawk at. That and the fact that all the transport heading east from Chicago passes through!

Travel tips adapted from Lake County (Indiana) on Wikivoyage, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Content summarized; visit the source for the full article. See our methodology for how we use it.

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