Frankfort vs Lockport

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

Frankfort 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 20,417 in Frankfort). Frankfort has the higher median household income ($153,714 vs $113,252 in Lockport). Frankfort has the higher median home value ($461,600 vs $298,800 in Lockport).

Population, income & housing

	Frankfort	Lockport
Population	20,417	26,228
Median age	41.8 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$153,714	$113,252
Median home value	$461,600	$298,800
Median gross rent	$2,175	$1,503
Housing units	6,922	10,046
Homeownership rate	94.7%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.2%	44.4%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Frankfort	Lockport
Population	18,999 → 20,417 (+7.5%)	25,307 → 26,228 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$139,145 → $153,714 (+10.5%)	$90,475 → $113,252 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$384,900 → $461,600 (+19.9%)	$242,600 → $298,800 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,240 → $2,175 (+75.4%)	$1,241 → $1,503 (+21.1%)

Frankfort

Population

18,99920,417

Median household income

$139,145$153,714

Median home value

$384,900$461,600

Median gross rent

$1,240$2,175

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)

	Frankfort	Lockport
Under 5	5.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	24.1%	19.0%
18 to 24	6.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	6.6%	13.9%
35 to 44	12.1%	13.7%
45 to 54	15.1%	15.7%
55 to 64	15.1%	12.3%
65 to 74	9.6%	8.1%
75 and over	6.0%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Frankfort	Lockport
White (non-Hispanic)	78.6%	84.8%
Black or African American	10.8%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.4%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Frankfort	Lockport
No high school diploma	1.7%	3.0%
High school graduate	15.8%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	34.2%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	25.0%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Frankfort	Lockport
Drove alone	71.8%	80.0%
Carpooled	3.3%	4.0%
Public transit	4.3%	1.8%
Walked	0.3%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.4%	12.7%
Other means	0.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Frankfort	Lockport
1-unit, detached	81.7%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	13.9%	20.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Frankfort	Lockport
Poverty rate	4.4%	6.0%
Average household size	3.08	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	33	36
Median year structure built	2000	1998