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August 21, 2026· Updated September 6, 2026
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Lowell, IN Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

What homes actually sell for in Lowell: a median closing price of $346,304 across 171 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.

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Lowell, IN Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

If you invest in or around Lowell, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Lowell sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, as of September 2026.

The snapshot

  • Closings tracked, last 6 months: 171
  • Median sold price, last 6 months: $346,304
  • Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $184
  • Middle half of sales closed between: $279,995 and $414,680

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 171 closed sales in Lowell over the last six months, with a median closing price of $346,304. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $279,995 and $414,680. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. 92% of the Lowell closings we track here are single-family houses, so these figures primarily reflect that segment, and the citywide $/sqft figure primarily reflects that segment as well. Across the 168 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $168 and $206 per square foot.

Figures last updated September 6, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in Lowell, IN (September 2026)

The median home price in Lowell is $346,304, measured across the 171 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $279,995 and $414,680.

Where Lowell sale prices land

What homes actually sell for in Lowell
Closed sale prices over the last six months. Middle half of sales: $280k to $415k
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$197k to $267k: 28 sales$197k$267k to $336k: 45 sales45sales$336k to $406k: 44 sales$336k$406k to $475k: 28 sales$475k to $545k: 9 sales$475kMedian $346k

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Lowell over the last six months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $279,995 and $414,680. Among the 55 Indiana markets with a published band, Lowell's middle-half spread ($279,995 to $414,680) ranks 11th from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median. Measured as the ratio of the upper to the lower quartile, its middle-half spread ranks in the 21st percentile of the 2,187 US markets in Resideline's national Market Watch set, on data as of September 4, 2026.

Median sold price per square foot
Lowell monthly medians for the complete months inside the last six months, Apr 2026 to Aug 2026, among qualifying closings with usable living area. 5 months plotted.
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Apr 2026: $182 per square foot across 36 sales$182AprMay 2026: $173 per square foot across 23 sales$173MayJun 2026: $185 per square foot across 36 sales$185JunJul 2026: $190 per square foot across 28 sales$190JulAug 2026: $181 per square foot across 28 sales$181Aug

How long a sale takes here

  • Listed to under contract: a median of 36 days, across 122 Lowell closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
  • Contract to closing: a median of 36 days, across 135 Lowell closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
Both are measured from the closings themselves, not from listing inventory. Each sale is timed using its own listing and contract dates. That is why these counts are smaller than the 171 closings above: a sale is counted here only when we hold both of its dates.

The Lowell angle

When the band is narrow, as it is in Lowell, the citywide midpoint becomes a more honest starting figure. $279,995 and $414,680 sit closer together than in most markets we track, so the middle half of closed sales occupies a comparatively short stretch of price and $346,304 is not being asked to stand in for wildly different properties. That does not remove the work. Widen the date window or the radius before you loosen the property filters. When a comp sits well above $414,680, treat it as a question rather than as evidence.

From market read to offer price

A market read is the backdrop. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.

And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale and graded against the real closing price after it sells. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.

Run any Lowell address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.

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Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Lowell, IN
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 1845144
Data updated: September 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 171
Median sold price: $346,304
Median sold $/sqft: $184 (168 qualifying)
Property mix: 92% houses
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The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.

Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Lowell over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the median home price in Lowell?

The median sold price in Lowell over the last 6 months is $346,304, measured across 171 closings Resideline tracked.

How many homes sold in Lowell last month?

Resideline tracked 30 closed sales in Lowell in August 2026, out of 171 closings tracked over the last six months. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.

What is the typical sale price range in Lowell?

The middle half of Lowell sales over the last six months closed between $279,995 and $414,680, with a median of $346,304.

What is the typical price per square foot in Lowell?

Among qualifying Lowell closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $184, measured across 168 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.

Should I start from the midpoint or from comps in Lowell?

Start from comps, but the midpoint is more useful here than in most places. Because $279,995 and $414,680 sit closer together than in most markets we track, $346,304 represents a compact middle rather than the centre of a sprawl. If it lands outside, that is not necessarily wrong, but it needs a reason drawn from the property itself.

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