Bolingbrook vs Lockport

A side-by-side comparison of Bolingbrook and Lockport: population, income, housing, and more.

Bolingbrook and Lockport are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bolingbrook has the higher population (73,813 vs 26,228 in Lockport). Lockport has the higher median household income ($113,252 vs $107,552 in Bolingbrook). Lockport has the higher median home value ($298,800 vs $295,500 in Bolingbrook).

Population, income & housing

	Bolingbrook	Lockport
Population	73,813	26,228
Median age	37.4 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$107,552	$113,252
Median home value	$295,500	$298,800
Median gross rent	$1,718	$1,503
Housing units	24,273	10,046
Homeownership rate	79.0%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.5%	44.4%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolingbrook	Lockport
Population	74,431 → 73,813 (-0.8%)	25,307 → 26,228 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$91,290 → $107,552 (+17.8%)	$90,475 → $113,252 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$223,600 → $295,500 (+32.2%)	$242,600 → $298,800 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,386 → $1,718 (+24.0%)	$1,241 → $1,503 (+21.1%)

Bolingbrook

Population

74,43173,813

Median household income

$91,290$107,552

Median home value

$223,600$295,500

Median gross rent

$1,386$1,718

Lockport

Population

25,30726,228

Median household income

$90,475$113,252

Median home value

$242,600$298,800

Median gross rent

$1,241$1,503

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bolingbrook	Lockport
Under 5	5.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	18.6%	19.0%
18 to 24	10.7%	7.5%
25 to 34	12.2%	13.9%
35 to 44	14.2%	13.7%
45 to 54	14.0%	15.7%
55 to 64	12.4%	12.3%
65 to 74	8.2%	8.1%
75 and over	4.3%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolingbrook	Lockport
White (non-Hispanic)	36.3%	84.8%
Black or African American	18.2%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	13.9%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	28.2%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolingbrook	Lockport
No high school diploma	10.6%	3.0%
High school graduate	23.0%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolingbrook	Lockport
Drove alone	69.9%	80.0%
Carpooled	9.1%	4.0%
Public transit	2.1%	1.8%
Walked	1.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	12.7%
Other means	1.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolingbrook	Lockport
1-unit, detached	72.5%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	14.6%	20.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	5.9%
20 or more units	5.7%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bolingbrook	Lockport
Poverty rate	8.2%	6.0%
Average household size	3.09	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	30	36
Median year structure built	1989	1998