Golden Meadow vs Lockport Heights

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

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

Golden Meadow has the higher population (1,791 vs 1,441 in Lockport Heights). Lockport Heights has the higher median household income ($91,250 vs $70,701 in Golden Meadow). Lockport Heights has the higher median home value ($322,900 vs $140,300 in Golden Meadow).

Population, income & housing

	Golden Meadow	Lockport Heights
Population	1,791	1,441
Median age	46.2 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$70,701	$91,250
Median home value	$140,300	$322,900
Median gross rent	$764	$743
Housing units	941	531
Homeownership rate	75.7%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Golden Meadow	Lockport Heights
Population	1,964 → 1,791 (-8.8%)	1,588 → 1,441 (-9.3%)
Median household income	$50,086 → $70,701 (+41.2%)	$62,232 → $91,250 (+46.6%)
Median home value	$88,000 → $140,300 (+59.4%)	$190,600 → $322,900 (+69.4%)
Median gross rent	$602 → $764 (+26.9%)	$646 → $743 (+15.0%)

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 Heights

Population

1,5881,441

Median household income

$62,232$91,250

Median home value

$190,600$322,900

Median gross rent

$646$743

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Golden Meadow	Lockport Heights
Under 5	3.3%	3.8%
5 to 17	14.9%	13.3%
18 to 24	6.3%	25.5%
25 to 34	13.0%	9.4%
35 to 44	8.9%	16.5%
45 to 54	21.5%	11.2%
55 to 64	14.4%	12.1%
65 to 74	11.2%	1.9%
75 and over	6.5%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Golden Meadow	Lockport Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	96.3%
Black or African American	1.2%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	1.6%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Golden Meadow	Lockport Heights
No high school diploma	16.6%	15.0%
High school graduate	53.1%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	18.3%	13.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	31.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Golden Meadow	Lockport Heights
Drove alone	78.1%	85.4%
Carpooled	15.2%	7.9%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	6.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Golden Meadow	Lockport Heights
1-unit, detached	85.5%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	17.1%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Golden Meadow	Lockport Heights
Poverty rate	11.6%	13.3%
Average household size	2.55	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1958	1981