Joliet vs Lockport

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

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

Joliet has the higher population (149,785 vs 26,228 in Lockport). Lockport has the higher median household income ($113,252 vs $88,026 in Joliet). Lockport has the higher median home value ($298,800 vs $248,600 in Joliet).

Population, income & housing

	Joliet	Lockport
Population	149,785	26,228
Median age	35.3 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$88,026	$113,252
Median home value	$248,600	$298,800
Median gross rent	$1,237	$1,503
Housing units	53,636	10,046
Homeownership rate	73.1%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	44.4%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Joliet	Lockport
Population	147,826 → 149,785 (+1.3%)	25,307 → 26,228 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$70,509 → $88,026 (+24.8%)	$90,475 → $113,252 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$181,100 → $248,600 (+37.3%)	$242,600 → $298,800 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,033 → $1,237 (+19.7%)	$1,241 → $1,503 (+21.1%)

Joliet

Population

147,826149,785

Median household income

$70,509$88,026

Median home value

$181,100$248,600

Median gross rent

$1,033$1,237

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)

	Joliet	Lockport
Under 5	6.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	19.4%	19.0%
18 to 24	10.7%	7.5%
25 to 34	13.4%	13.9%
35 to 44	14.4%	13.7%
45 to 54	14.8%	15.7%
55 to 64	10.3%	12.3%
65 to 74	7.0%	8.1%
75 and over	3.9%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Joliet	Lockport
White (non-Hispanic)	43.5%	84.8%
Black or African American	16.7%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	34.7%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Joliet	Lockport
No high school diploma	15.1%	3.0%
High school graduate	29.4%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Joliet	Lockport
Drove alone	79.7%	80.0%
Carpooled	9.7%	4.0%
Public transit	1.6%	1.8%
Walked	0.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	12.7%
Other means	0.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Joliet	Lockport
1-unit, detached	69.9%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	20.0%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	5.9%
20 or more units	6.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Joliet	Lockport
Poverty rate	11.0%	6.0%
Average household size	2.90	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	29	36
Median year structure built	1986	1998