Lockport vs Mokena

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

Lockport and Mokena 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 19,906 in Mokena). Mokena has the higher median household income ($129,017 vs $113,252 in Lockport). Mokena has the higher median home value ($377,100 vs $298,800 in Lockport).

Population, income & housing

	Lockport	Mokena
Population	26,228	19,906
Median age	37.9 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$113,252	$129,017
Median home value	$298,800	$377,100
Median gross rent	$1,503	$1,405
Housing units	10,046	7,459
Homeownership rate	83.6%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.4%	44.5%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lockport	Mokena
Population	25,307 → 26,228 (+3.6%)	20,674 → 19,906 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$90,475 → $113,252 (+25.2%)	$109,108 → $129,017 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$242,600 → $298,800 (+23.2%)	$319,200 → $377,100 (+18.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,241 → $1,503 (+21.1%)	$1,085 → $1,405 (+29.5%)

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

Mokena

Population

20,67419,906

Median household income

$109,108$129,017

Median home value

$319,200$377,100

Median gross rent

$1,085$1,405

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lockport	Mokena
Under 5	5.6%	4.6%
5 to 17	19.0%	17.9%
18 to 24	7.5%	8.1%
25 to 34	13.9%	9.9%
35 to 44	13.7%	10.8%
45 to 54	15.7%	16.1%
55 to 64	12.3%	16.1%
65 to 74	8.1%	10.1%
75 and over	4.3%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lockport	Mokena
White (non-Hispanic)	84.8%	88.6%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lockport	Mokena
No high school diploma	3.0%	2.1%
High school graduate	24.1%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	29.3%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lockport	Mokena
Drove alone	80.0%	73.0%
Carpooled	4.0%	4.1%
Public transit	1.8%	4.9%
Walked	0.6%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	14.9%
Other means	0.9%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lockport	Mokena
1-unit, detached	66.4%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	20.0%	16.2%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Lockport	Mokena
Poverty rate	6.0%	4.5%
Average household size	2.70	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	36	32
Median year structure built	1998	1996