Lockport vs Plainfield

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

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

Plainfield has the higher population (45,705 vs 26,228 in Lockport). Plainfield has the higher median household income ($142,265 vs $113,252 in Lockport). Plainfield has the higher median home value ($398,000 vs $298,800 in Lockport).

Population, income & housing

	Lockport	Plainfield
Population	26,228	45,705
Median age	37.9 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$113,252	$142,265
Median home value	$298,800	$398,000
Median gross rent	$1,503	$1,889
Housing units	10,046	14,499
Homeownership rate	83.6%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.4%	54.9%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lockport	Plainfield
Population	25,307 → 26,228 (+3.6%)	43,110 → 45,705 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$90,475 → $113,252 (+25.2%)	$130,614 → $142,265 (+8.9%)
Median home value	$242,600 → $298,800 (+23.2%)	$319,500 → $398,000 (+24.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,241 → $1,503 (+21.1%)	$1,795 → $1,889 (+5.2%)

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

Plainfield

Population

43,11045,705

Median household income

$130,614$142,265

Median home value

$319,500$398,000

Median gross rent

$1,795$1,889

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lockport	Plainfield
Under 5	5.6%	5.8%
5 to 17	19.0%	24.0%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.7%
25 to 34	13.9%	8.9%
35 to 44	13.7%	15.7%
45 to 54	15.7%	17.8%
55 to 64	12.3%	10.3%
65 to 74	8.1%	6.0%
75 and over	4.3%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lockport	Plainfield
White (non-Hispanic)	84.8%	68.8%
Black or African American	1.1%	8.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.8%	9.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lockport	Plainfield
No high school diploma	3.0%	4.6%
High school graduate	24.1%	15.4%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	29.3%	36.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	18.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lockport	Plainfield
Drove alone	80.0%	70.6%
Carpooled	4.0%	4.5%
Public transit	1.8%	1.6%
Walked	0.6%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	12.7%	21.3%
Other means	0.9%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lockport	Plainfield
1-unit, detached	66.4%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	20.0%	12.6%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Lockport	Plainfield
Poverty rate	6.0%	4.1%
Average household size	2.70	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	36	34
Median year structure built	1998	2003