Lockport Heights vs Mathews

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

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

Mathews has the higher population (1,579 vs 1,441 in Lockport Heights). Lockport Heights has the higher median household income ($91,250 vs $83,405 in Mathews). Lockport Heights has the higher median home value ($322,900 vs $218,800 in Mathews).

Population, income & housing

	Lockport Heights	Mathews
Population	1,441	1,579
Median age	33.4 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$91,250	$83,405
Median home value	$322,900	$218,800
Median gross rent	$743	$1,057
Housing units	531	774
Homeownership rate	75.0%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.6%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lockport Heights	Mathews
Population	1,588 → 1,441 (-9.3%)	2,551 → 1,579 (-38.1%)
Median household income	$62,232 → $91,250 (+46.6%)	$56,616 → $83,405 (+47.3%)
Median home value	$190,600 → $322,900 (+69.4%)	$198,100 → $218,800 (+10.4%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $743 (+15.0%)	$851 → $1,057 (+24.2%)

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

Mathews

Population

2,5511,579

Median household income

$56,616$83,405

Median home value

$198,100$218,800

Median gross rent

$851$1,057

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lockport Heights	Mathews
Under 5	3.8%	4.4%
5 to 17	13.3%	10.8%
18 to 24	25.5%	8.4%
25 to 34	9.4%	15.1%
35 to 44	16.5%	10.0%
45 to 54	11.2%	14.6%
55 to 64	12.1%	21.7%
65 to 74	1.9%	13.5%
75 and over	6.2%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lockport Heights	Mathews
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	82.8%
Black or African American	1.5%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lockport Heights	Mathews
No high school diploma	15.0%	15.5%
High school graduate	37.5%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	13.9%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.9%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lockport Heights	Mathews
Drove alone	85.4%	87.9%
Carpooled	7.9%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lockport Heights	Mathews
1-unit, detached	78.9%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.1%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Lockport Heights	Mathews
Poverty rate	13.3%	11.8%
Average household size	2.71	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1981	1979