Crest Hill vs Lockport

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

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

Lockport has the higher population (26,228 vs 19,754 in Crest Hill). Lockport has the higher median household income ($113,252 vs $71,408 in Crest Hill). Lockport has the higher median home value ($298,800 vs $222,600 in Crest Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Crest Hill	Lockport
Population	19,754	26,228
Median age	39.2 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$71,408	$113,252
Median home value	$222,600	$298,800
Median gross rent	$1,386	$1,503
Housing units	7,918	10,046
Homeownership rate	68.2%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	44.4%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crest Hill	Lockport
Population	20,550 → 19,754 (-3.9%)	25,307 → 26,228 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$56,616 → $71,408 (+26.1%)	$90,475 → $113,252 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$169,200 → $222,600 (+31.6%)	$242,600 → $298,800 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,136 → $1,386 (+22.0%)	$1,241 → $1,503 (+21.1%)

Crest Hill

Population

20,55019,754

Median household income

$56,616$71,408

Median home value

$169,200$222,600

Median gross rent

$1,136$1,386

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)

	Crest Hill	Lockport
Under 5	4.9%	5.6%
5 to 17	11.7%	19.0%
18 to 24	10.5%	7.5%
25 to 34	17.1%	13.9%
35 to 44	14.4%	13.7%
45 to 54	11.9%	15.7%
55 to 64	10.9%	12.3%
65 to 74	8.7%	8.1%
75 and over	9.8%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crest Hill	Lockport
White (non-Hispanic)	47.7%	84.8%
Black or African American	20.4%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	24.3%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crest Hill	Lockport
No high school diploma	13.8%	3.0%
High school graduate	31.2%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crest Hill	Lockport
Drove alone	77.1%	80.0%
Carpooled	12.8%	4.0%
Public transit	1.0%	1.8%
Walked	0.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	12.7%
Other means	2.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crest Hill	Lockport
1-unit, detached	47.0%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	23.3%	20.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	15.3%	5.9%
20 or more units	10.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Crest Hill	Lockport
Poverty rate	10.9%	6.0%
Average household size	2.25	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	28	36
Median year structure built	1992	1998