Lowell, Iowa

The village was laid out by a man named McCarver. At one time, Lowell had Presbyterian and Methodist congregations, two fraternal lodges, two gristmills, and five sawmills. The relatively large number of sawmills was due to Baltimore Township being two-thirds timber.^[4] The first mill in town was established by Major Smith and Thomas Angel in 1838.^[6]

Lowell's population in 1915 was 105.^[7] The population was 56 in 1940.^[8]

As of the census of 2020,^[10] there were 70 people, 30 households, and 18 families residing in the community. The population density was 70.1 inhabitants per square mile (27.1/km²). There were 33 housing units at an average density of 33.1 per square mile (12.8/km²). The racial makeup of the community was 90.0% White, 0.0% Black or African American, 0.0% Native American, 0.0% Asian, 1.4% Pacific Islander, 1.4% from other races and 7.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino persons of any race comprised 2.9% of the population.

Of the 30 households, 26.7% of which had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.7% were married couples living together, 0.0% were cohabitating couples, 13.3% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present and 30.0% had a male householder with no spouse or partner present. 40.0% of all households were non-families. 40.0% of all households were made up of individuals, 26.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years old or older.

The median age in the community was 53.0 years. 30.0% of the residents were under the age of 20; 1.4% were between the ages of 20 and 24; 10.0% were from 25 and 44; 31.4% were from 45 and 64; and 27.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the community was 52.9% male and 47.1% female.