Lowell Point, Alaska

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Lowell Point Recreation Area sign

Lowell Point is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States, just outside Seward. At the 2010 census the population was 80,<ref name="Census 2010">Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore</ref> down from 92 in 2000.

Geography

Lowell Point is located on the east side of the Kenai Peninsula at Template:Coord (60.071557, -149.443715).<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref> It sits on the western shore of Resurrection Bay and is bordered to the northeast by the city of Seward. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert, or 0.18%, are water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

The only road access is Lowell Point Road, an extension of Seward's Railway Avenue which begins beyond the Seward townsite boundaries, a short distance southwest of the Alaska SeaLife Center and the southern terminus of the Seward Highway. The road is a rough gravel road running along a thin strip of flat land between the mountains and Resurrection Bay, and provides access to the CDP, and beyond to Caines Head State Recreation Area and Fort McGilvray.

Lowell Point does not have a formal harbor, as the well-developed Seward Harbor is a short distance away, but small boats can make beach landings.

Demographics

Template:US Census population Lowell Point first appeared on the 1890 U.S. Census as the homestead of the Captain Franklin G. Lowell family, consisting of 12 residents, 10 Whites, 1 Native & 1 Creole (mixed Native & Russian).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It did not report again until 2000, when it first appeared as Lowell Point and made a census-designated place (CDP).

As of the census<ref name="GR2">Template:Cite web</ref> of 2000, there were 92 people, 39 households, and 20 families residing in the CDP. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 72 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the CDP was 92.39% White, 1.09% Black or African American, 4.35% Native American and 2.17% Asian. 2.17% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 39 households, out of which 20.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.6% were married couples living together, and 48.7% were non-families. 43.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.00 and the average family size was 2.75.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 15.2% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 44.6% from 25 to 44, 27.2% from 45 to 64, and 5.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 187.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 212.0 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $32,000, and the median income for a family was $137,566. Males had a median income of $53,750 versus $54,000 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $45,790. There were 31.3% of families and 28.4% of the population living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and none of those over 64.