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Lowesville, North Carolina.

A community in Lincoln County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Lincoln County’s.

Living in Lowesville, Lincoln County, North Carolina

Lowesville, in Lincoln County, had 3,281 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Lincoln County was 3.3% in August 2026, and the county had 2.5% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in restaurants and hotels, then professional services.

People 3,281 in the 2020 census; median age 43.2
Household income Too few homes in Lowesville for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 3.3% Lincoln County, August 2026; 3.7% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Lowesville for the Census survey to measure.
  • 1,533households
  • 22%of adults have a degree
  • 4%below the poverty line
  • 29 mintypical commute
  • 20%work from home

What residents work in

  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment22%
  • Professional and business services17%
  • Manufacturing14%
  • Schools, hospitals and social care13%
  • Shops (retail)8%
  • Banks, insurance and property8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Lincoln County had 28,818 jobs in 2025, 2.5% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 53° and 31°; warmest in July, 91° and 70° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 53° 31° F M A M J J 91° 70° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 53° and 31°; warmest in July, 91° and 70° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 53° 31° F M A M J J 91° 70° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 53° and lows near 31°; warmest in July, with highs near 91° and lows near 70°. About 1 inches of snow and 44 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Gastonia weather station, 13 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Lowesville

  1. BlumCabinet hardware, metal, manufacturing478
  2. Earnhardt GradingDirt moving for construction89
  3. Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc.Supermarkets and other grocery stores84

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 651 people in all. 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. Ice stormsVery high
  2. Inland floodingVery high
  3. LightningRelatively high
  4. TornadoesRelatively high
  5. Strong windRelatively high
  6. HailRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Lowesville’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. 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 Lincoln County.