Lockport vs Romeoville

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

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

Romeoville has the higher population (40,996 vs 26,228 in Lockport). Lockport has the higher median household income ($113,252 vs $100,022 in Romeoville). Lockport has the higher median home value ($298,800 vs $245,200 in Romeoville).

Population, income & housing

	Lockport	Romeoville
Population	26,228	40,996
Median age	37.9 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$113,252	$100,022
Median home value	$298,800	$245,200
Median gross rent	$1,503	$1,892
Housing units	10,046	13,662
Homeownership rate	83.6%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.4%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lockport	Romeoville
Population	25,307 → 26,228 (+3.6%)	39,666 → 40,996 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$90,475 → $113,252 (+25.2%)	$79,183 → $100,022 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$242,600 → $298,800 (+23.2%)	$186,100 → $245,200 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,241 → $1,503 (+21.1%)	$1,552 → $1,892 (+21.9%)

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

Romeoville

Population

39,66640,996

Median household income

$79,183$100,022

Median home value

$186,100$245,200

Median gross rent

$1,552$1,892

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lockport	Romeoville
Under 5	5.6%	6.2%
5 to 17	19.0%	16.0%
18 to 24	7.5%	12.3%
25 to 34	13.9%	14.8%
35 to 44	13.7%	12.6%
45 to 54	15.7%	14.4%
55 to 64	12.3%	12.0%
65 to 74	8.1%	5.8%
75 and over	4.3%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lockport	Romeoville
White (non-Hispanic)	84.8%	42.7%
Black or African American	1.1%	12.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	35.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lockport	Romeoville
No high school diploma	3.0%	16.7%
High school graduate	24.1%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	29.3%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lockport	Romeoville
Drove alone	80.0%	72.8%
Carpooled	4.0%	12.7%
Public transit	1.8%	2.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	12.7%	10.9%
Other means	0.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lockport	Romeoville
1-unit, detached	66.4%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	20.0%	16.9%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	7.2%
20 or more units	0.6%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lockport	Romeoville
Poverty rate	6.0%	5.8%
Average household size	2.70	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	36	32
Median year structure built	1998	1998