PlainZIP

Lowell, MI

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Lowell, MI: 1 USPS ZIP, population 16,627. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet LOWELL-MI · Lowell, MI 1 ZIPs · 16,627 pop · #5963/25278 · Kent County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $91,800
  • RANK-UPPER #5963/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Sparta
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 86% owners
  • POP-TOWN 16,627
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $315,300

Nearest income peer: Sparta, MI ( $6,337 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Lowell

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Lowell on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Lowell, MI sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 24%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
16,627
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$91,800
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $91,800 and home value $315,300 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 38.8%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (86.4%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Michigan, Trufant is the closest lower-income city and Napoleon the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Lowell.

Population concentration

Lowell's single ZIP 49331 carries the town

Lowell is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 49331 is the entire residential footprint (16,627 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Lowell's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 410 establishments, 4,977 employees , annual payroll $232,752k (~25 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 49331 (410 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (61) · also Retail trade · Health care and social assistance .

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ZIP Codes in Lowell, MI

These ZIP codes sit in Kent County, which covers 27 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Lowell. See the Kent County roll-up →

Lowell lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Kent County: Rockford, Byron Center and Ada earn more and Grand Rapids, Wyoming and Grandville earn less. Ada marks the far end of that range at $183,125, 99% above Lowell.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
49331 16,627 $91,800 410 71
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Lowell roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Lowell, .