Lockport vs Mathews

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

Lockport and Mathews 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 1,579 in Mathews). Mathews has the higher median household income ($83,405 vs $59,583 in Lockport). Mathews has the higher median home value ($218,800 vs $165,900 in Lockport).

Population, income & housing

	Lockport	Mathews
Population	2,874	1,579
Median age	37.9 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$59,583	$83,405
Median home value	$165,900	$218,800
Median gross rent	$958	$1,057
Housing units	1,101	774
Homeownership rate	76.3%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lockport	Mathews
Population	2,784 → 2,874 (+3.2%)	2,551 → 1,579 (-38.1%)
Median household income	$52,470 → $59,583 (+13.6%)	$56,616 → $83,405 (+47.3%)
Median home value	$103,800 → $165,900 (+59.8%)	$198,100 → $218,800 (+10.4%)
Median gross rent	$711 → $958 (+34.7%)	$851 → $1,057 (+24.2%)

Lockport

Population

2,7842,874

Median household income

$52,470$59,583

Median home value

$103,800$165,900

Median gross rent

$711$958

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	Mathews
Under 5	6.6%	4.4%
5 to 17	22.0%	10.8%
18 to 24	5.7%	8.4%
25 to 34	10.1%	15.1%
35 to 44	16.2%	10.0%
45 to 54	7.3%	14.6%
55 to 64	10.5%	21.7%
65 to 74	10.3%	13.5%
75 and over	11.3%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lockport	Mathews
White (non-Hispanic)	81.8%	82.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	0.0%
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%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lockport	Mathews
No high school diploma	23.5%	15.5%
High school graduate	43.8%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lockport	Mathews
Drove alone	78.6%	87.9%
Carpooled	17.5%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.6%
Other means	3.9%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lockport	Mathews
1-unit, detached	80.9%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Lockport	Mathews
Poverty rate	15.8%	11.8%
Average household size	3.02	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1965	1979