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Lowell, Maine.

. Bangor, ME metro.

What it costs per month · Lowell $2,162/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,272 (+143%) since Jan 2020.

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Maine $2,162 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • Maine$2,162
  • United States$1,922

Living in Lowell, Penobscot County, Maine

Lowell is a town of 368 people in Penobscot County. 88% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 12% are rented. Unemployment in Penobscot County was 3.4% in August 2026, and the county had 0.3% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 368 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Lowell for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 3.4% Penobscot County, August 2026; 3.2% a year before
Homes 88% lived in by their owners; 12% rented

Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.

What it’s like

The place. Lowell is a very small town in Penobscot County, a place where nearly everyone owns the home they live in. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month, and summers are warm without being hot. Rain and melted snow add up to a fair amount over the course of a year.

Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with shops, government, and transport and warehousing also employing many. Across Penobscot County, the largest workplaces include Eastern Maine Medical Center, the University of Maine and Husson University. Commutes tend to be on the longer side, and a share of people work from home.

Things to do. Water and woods are the main draw nearby. The Piscataquis River and the Passadumkeag River are both a short drive away. Farther out, a longer drive brings you to Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, a protected area.

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  • 192households
  • 30%of adults have a degree
  • 11%below the poverty line
  • 31 mintypical commute
  • 11%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care28%
  • Shops (retail)16%
  • Government10%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities8%
  • Farming, forestry and mining7%
  • Professional and business services7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Penobscot County had 71,782 jobs in 2025, 0.3% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 26° and 3°; warmest in July, 79° and 59° 0° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 26° 3° F M A M J J 79° 59° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 26° and 3°; warmest in July, 79° and 59° 0° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 26° 3° F M A M J J 79° 59° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 26° and lows near 3°; warmest in July, with highs near 79° and lows near 59°. About 44 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Lincoln Sanitary District/wtp weather station, 11 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Penobscot County

  1. Eastern Maine Medical CenterGeneral hospital3,272FTE
  2. University of MaineUniversity or college2,590
  3. St Joseph HospitalGeneral hospital902FTE
  4. Husson UniversityUniversity or college645
  5. Bangor Public SchoolsSchool district583FTE
  6. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters517
  7. RSU 19 SchoolsSchool district507FTE
  8. Acadia HospitalPsychiatric hospital483FTE

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 174 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 18,783 people in all across the county; Lowell has none of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Winter weatherVery high
  2. Ice stormsVery high
  3. LightningRelatively high
  4. HurricanesRelatively moderate
  5. Inland floodingRelatively moderate
  6. Strong windRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Penobscot County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Penobscot County and the Bangor, ME metro.

Lowell home values

Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

Not enough data to draw this yet.

Market heat, inside the city limits

Homes for sale

Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.

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Zip codes with a Lowell address

A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Lowell — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.

Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.