Lockport vs New Lenox

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

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

New Lenox has the higher population (27,456 vs 26,228 in Lockport). New Lenox has the higher median household income ($133,071 vs $113,252 in Lockport). New Lenox has the higher median home value ($377,500 vs $298,800 in Lockport).

Population, income & housing

	Lockport	New Lenox
Population	26,228	27,456
Median age	37.9 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$113,252	$133,071
Median home value	$298,800	$377,500
Median gross rent	$1,503	$1,244
Housing units	10,046	9,473
Homeownership rate	83.6%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.4%	45.5%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lockport	New Lenox
Population	25,307 → 26,228 (+3.6%)	26,454 → 27,456 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$90,475 → $113,252 (+25.2%)	$110,313 → $133,071 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$242,600 → $298,800 (+23.2%)	$294,800 → $377,500 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,241 → $1,503 (+21.1%)	$1,143 → $1,244 (+8.8%)

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

New Lenox

Population

26,45427,456

Median household income

$110,313$133,071

Median home value

$294,800$377,500

Median gross rent

$1,143$1,244

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lockport	New Lenox
Under 5	5.6%	8.4%
5 to 17	19.0%	20.4%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.4%
25 to 34	13.9%	9.6%
35 to 44	13.7%	17.4%
45 to 54	15.7%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.3%	12.3%
65 to 74	8.1%	8.0%
75 and over	4.3%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lockport	New Lenox
White (non-Hispanic)	84.8%	89.6%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lockport	New Lenox
No high school diploma	3.0%	1.7%
High school graduate	24.1%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	29.3%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	17.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lockport	New Lenox
Drove alone	80.0%	75.7%
Carpooled	4.0%	5.6%
Public transit	1.8%	3.5%
Walked	0.6%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	12.7%	14.2%
Other means	0.9%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lockport	New Lenox
1-unit, detached	66.4%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	20.0%	10.5%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Lockport	New Lenox
Poverty rate	6.0%	2.1%
Average household size	2.70	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	36	33
Median year structure built	1998	1997