Lockport Heights vs Plum Valley

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

Lockport Heights and Plum Valley 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 542 in Plum Valley). Plum Valley has the higher median household income ($213,084 vs $107,875 in Lockport Heights). Plum Valley has the higher median home value ($268,600 vs $187,200 in Lockport Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Lockport Heights	Plum Valley
Population	984	542
Median age	27.1 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$107,875	$213,084
Median home value	$187,200	$268,600
Housing units	305	194
Homeownership rate	96.4%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	56.2%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lockport Heights	Plum Valley
Population	885 → 984 (+11.2%)	379 → 542 (+43.0%)
Median household income	$82,847 → $107,875 (+30.2%)	$179,375 → $213,084 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$157,900 → $187,200 (+18.6%)	$281,300 → $268,600 (-4.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,676 → $1,703 (+1.6%)	—

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

Plum Valley

Population

379542

Median household income

$179,375$213,084

Median home value

$281,300$268,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lockport Heights	Plum Valley
Under 5	2.6%	2.6%
5 to 17	22.0%	29.2%
18 to 24	14.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	20.9%	5.7%
35 to 44	15.3%	5.0%
45 to 54	11.2%	33.4%
55 to 64	5.5%	3.1%
65 to 74	1.8%	9.4%
75 and over	5.9%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lockport Heights	Plum Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	71.5%	14.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	69.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	6.8%
Two or more races	4.1%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	24.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lockport Heights	Plum Valley
No high school diploma	5.5%	2.2%
High school graduate	33.8%	18.9%
Some college or associate's	52.4%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	34.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lockport Heights	Plum Valley
Drove alone	87.1%	88.5%
Carpooled	8.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	11.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lockport Heights	Plum Valley
1-unit, detached	96.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lockport Heights	Plum Valley
Poverty rate	0.0%	1.5%
Average household size	3.55	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	21	53
Median year structure built	1958	1980