Godley vs Lockport Heights

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

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

Lockport Heights has the higher population (984 vs 538 in Godley). Lockport Heights has the higher median household income ($107,875 vs $54,583 in Godley). Lockport Heights has the higher median home value ($187,200 vs $142,000 in Godley).

Population, income & housing

	Godley	Lockport Heights
Population	538	984
Median age	48.8 yrs	27.1 yrs
Median household income	$54,583	$107,875
Median home value	$142,000	$187,200
Median gross rent	$1,393	—
Housing units	251	305
Homeownership rate	75.5%	96.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Godley	Lockport Heights
Population	631 → 538 (-14.7%)	885 → 984 (+11.2%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $54,583 (+12.0%)	$82,847 → $107,875 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$107,100 → $142,000 (+32.6%)	$157,900 → $187,200 (+18.6%)
Median gross rent	$914 → $1,393 (+52.4%)	$1,676 → $1,703 (+1.6%)

Godley

Population

631538

Median household income

$48,750$54,583

Median home value

$107,100$142,000

Median gross rent

$914$1,393

Lockport Heights

Population

885984

Median household income

$82,847$107,875

Median home value

$157,900$187,200

Median gross rent

$1,676$1,703

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Godley	Lockport Heights
Under 5	2.8%	2.6%
5 to 17	11.2%	22.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	14.7%
25 to 34	7.8%	20.9%
35 to 44	17.5%	15.3%
45 to 54	22.7%	11.2%
55 to 64	14.7%	5.5%
65 to 74	12.8%	1.8%
75 and over	3.0%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Godley	Lockport Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	71.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	24.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Godley	Lockport Heights
No high school diploma	5.5%	5.5%
High school graduate	40.5%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	43.1%	52.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Godley	Lockport Heights
Drove alone	87.8%	87.1%
Carpooled	1.8%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	4.5%
Other means	7.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Godley	Lockport Heights
1-unit, detached	53.8%	96.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	39.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Godley	Lockport Heights
Poverty rate	15.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.27	3.55
Mean commute (minutes)	31	21
Median year structure built	1993	1958