Escalon vs Lockeford

A side-by-side comparison of Escalon and Lockeford: population, income, housing, and more.

Escalon and Lockeford are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Escalon has the higher population (7,429 vs 3,902 in Lockeford). Lockeford has the higher median household income ($93,438 vs $86,875 in Escalon). Escalon has the higher median home value ($461,700 vs $450,400 in Lockeford).

Population, income & housing

	Escalon	Lockeford
Population	7,429	3,902
Median age	36.8 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$86,875	$93,438
Median home value	$461,700	$450,400
Median gross rent	$1,763	$1,240
Housing units	2,943	1,543
Homeownership rate	77.2%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Escalon	Lockeford
Population	7,538 → 7,429 (-1.4%)	3,521 → 3,902 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$74,454 → $86,875 (+16.7%)	$62,685 → $93,438 (+49.1%)
Median home value	$348,300 → $461,700 (+32.6%)	$366,000 → $450,400 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,659 → $1,763 (+6.3%)	$1,261 → $1,240 (-1.7%)

Escalon

Population

7,5387,429

Median household income

$74,454$86,875

Median home value

$348,300$461,700

Median gross rent

$1,659$1,763

Lockeford

Population

3,5213,902

Median household income

$62,685$93,438

Median home value

$366,000$450,400

Median gross rent

$1,261$1,240

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Escalon	Lockeford
Under 5	9.6%	6.0%
5 to 17	15.7%	17.1%
18 to 24	2.7%	5.0%
25 to 34	17.8%	13.4%
35 to 44	13.7%	13.7%
45 to 54	7.2%	7.9%
55 to 64	15.8%	10.6%
65 to 74	6.2%	19.8%
75 and over	11.3%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Escalon	Lockeford
White (non-Hispanic)	64.8%	60.9%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	8.5%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	25.4%	32.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Escalon	Lockeford
No high school diploma	12.4%	8.2%
High school graduate	24.9%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	46.5%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Escalon	Lockeford
Drove alone	73.8%	74.8%
Carpooled	10.2%	19.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	4.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Escalon	Lockeford
1-unit, detached	93.0%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.5%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	13.5%

Poverty & households

	Escalon	Lockeford
Poverty rate	9.5%	7.9%
Average household size	2.61	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	27	35
Median year structure built	1987	1979