THE LOWELL LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Lansing Loamy Plain setting.
Lowell city has 2.88 square miles of land in Kent County. Its Census reference point is in Lansing Loamy Plain, within Southern Michigan/Northern Indiana Drift Plains.
Lakes, marshes and complex glacial deposits create a varied landscape around southern Michigan and northern Indiana. Moraines, beach ridges, dunes, kettles and meltwater channels occur across the region.
Regional context: Southern Michigan/Northern Indiana Drift Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Lowell and Kent County
Lowell is associated with Kent County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Lowell by land and water
The Census records 0.22 square miles of water within Lowell, or 7.1% of its total area. It is 4.6 percentage points higher than the 2.6% recorded for Kent County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Lowell city has 8.8% of the land area of nearby Lowell charter township (32.6 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

