Homer Glen vs Lockport

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

Homer Glen 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 24,516 in Homer Glen). Homer Glen has the higher median household income ($128,546 vs $113,252 in Lockport). Homer Glen has the higher median home value ($400,000 vs $298,800 in Lockport).

Population, income & housing

	Homer Glen	Lockport
Population	24,516	26,228
Median age	42.0 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$128,546	$113,252
Median home value	$400,000	$298,800
Median gross rent	$1,737	$1,503
Housing units	8,314	10,046
Homeownership rate	93.5%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.5%	44.4%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Homer Glen	Lockport
Population	24,592 → 24,516 (-0.3%)	25,307 → 26,228 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$106,818 → $128,546 (+20.3%)	$90,475 → $113,252 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$330,600 → $400,000 (+21.0%)	$242,600 → $298,800 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,567 → $1,737 (+10.8%)	$1,241 → $1,503 (+21.1%)

Homer Glen

Population

24,59224,516

Median household income

$106,818$128,546

Median home value

$330,600$400,000

Median gross rent

$1,567$1,737

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)

	Homer Glen	Lockport
Under 5	5.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	18.8%	19.0%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.5%
25 to 34	9.8%	13.9%
35 to 44	12.7%	13.7%
45 to 54	10.8%	15.7%
55 to 64	16.5%	12.3%
65 to 74	12.1%	8.1%
75 and over	7.2%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Homer Glen	Lockport
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	84.8%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.1%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Homer Glen	Lockport
No high school diploma	7.8%	3.0%
High school graduate	23.8%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Homer Glen	Lockport
Drove alone	77.8%	80.0%
Carpooled	5.9%	4.0%
Public transit	1.8%	1.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	12.7%
Other means	0.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Homer Glen	Lockport
1-unit, detached	89.8%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	20.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	5.9%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Homer Glen	Lockport
Poverty rate	4.4%	6.0%
Average household size	3.04	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	36	36
Median year structure built	1988	1998