Lockport vs Lockport Heights

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

Lockport and Lockport Heights 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 1,441 in Lockport Heights). Lockport Heights has the higher median household income ($91,250 vs $59,583 in Lockport). Lockport Heights has the higher median home value ($322,900 vs $165,900 in Lockport).

Population, income & housing

	Lockport	Lockport Heights
Population	2,874	1,441
Median age	37.9 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$59,583	$91,250
Median home value	$165,900	$322,900
Median gross rent	$958	$743
Housing units	1,101	531
Homeownership rate	76.3%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lockport	Lockport Heights
Population	2,784 → 2,874 (+3.2%)	1,588 → 1,441 (-9.3%)
Median household income	$52,470 → $59,583 (+13.6%)	$62,232 → $91,250 (+46.6%)
Median home value	$103,800 → $165,900 (+59.8%)	$190,600 → $322,900 (+69.4%)
Median gross rent	$711 → $958 (+34.7%)	$646 → $743 (+15.0%)

Lockport

Population

2,7842,874

Median household income

$52,470$59,583

Median home value

$103,800$165,900

Median gross rent

$711$958

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)

	Lockport	Lockport Heights
Under 5	6.6%	3.8%
5 to 17	22.0%	13.3%
18 to 24	5.7%	25.5%
25 to 34	10.1%	9.4%
35 to 44	16.2%	16.5%
45 to 54	7.3%	11.2%
55 to 64	10.5%	12.1%
65 to 74	10.3%	1.9%
75 and over	11.3%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lockport	Lockport Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	81.8%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	1.6%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lockport	Lockport Heights
No high school diploma	23.5%	15.0%
High school graduate	43.8%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	13.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	31.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lockport	Lockport Heights
Drove alone	78.6%	85.4%
Carpooled	17.5%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.6%
Other means	3.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lockport	Lockport Heights
1-unit, detached	80.9%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	17.1%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Lockport	Lockport Heights
Poverty rate	15.8%	13.3%
Average household size	3.02	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1965	1981