Golden Meadow vs Lockport

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

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

Lockport has the higher population (2,874 vs 1,791 in Golden Meadow). Golden Meadow has the higher median household income ($70,701 vs $59,583 in Lockport). Lockport has the higher median home value ($165,900 vs $140,300 in Golden Meadow).

Population, income & housing

	Golden Meadow	Lockport
Population	1,791	2,874
Median age	46.2 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$70,701	$59,583
Median home value	$140,300	$165,900
Median gross rent	$764	$958
Housing units	941	1,101
Homeownership rate	75.7%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Golden Meadow	Lockport
Population	1,964 → 1,791 (-8.8%)	2,784 → 2,874 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$50,086 → $70,701 (+41.2%)	$52,470 → $59,583 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$88,000 → $140,300 (+59.4%)	$103,800 → $165,900 (+59.8%)
Median gross rent	$602 → $764 (+26.9%)	$711 → $958 (+34.7%)

Golden Meadow

Population

1,9641,791

Median household income

$50,086$70,701

Median home value

$88,000$140,300

Median gross rent

$602$764

Lockport

Population

2,7842,874

Median household income

$52,470$59,583

Median home value

$103,800$165,900

Median gross rent

$711$958

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Golden Meadow	Lockport
Under 5	3.3%	6.6%
5 to 17	14.9%	22.0%
18 to 24	6.3%	5.7%
25 to 34	13.0%	10.1%
35 to 44	8.9%	16.2%
45 to 54	21.5%	7.3%
55 to 64	14.4%	10.5%
65 to 74	11.2%	10.3%
75 and over	6.5%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Golden Meadow	Lockport
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	81.8%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	1.7%
Asian	0.6%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Golden Meadow	Lockport
No high school diploma	16.6%	23.5%
High school graduate	53.1%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	18.3%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Golden Meadow	Lockport
Drove alone	78.1%	78.6%
Carpooled	15.2%	17.5%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Golden Meadow	Lockport
1-unit, detached	85.5%	80.9%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Golden Meadow	Lockport
Poverty rate	11.6%	15.8%
Average household size	2.55	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1958	1965