Lewiston vs Lockport

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

Lewiston and Lockport are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lockport has the higher population (20,699 vs 2,527 in Lewiston). Lewiston has the higher median household income ($69,583 vs $59,153 in Lockport). Lewiston has the higher median home value ($222,700 vs $131,800 in Lockport).

Population, income & housing

	Lewiston	Lockport
Population	2,527	20,699
Median age	52.5 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,583	$59,153
Median home value	$222,700	$131,800
Median gross rent	$1,082	$909
Housing units	1,432	10,273
Homeownership rate	57.9%	55.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.6%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lewiston	Lockport
Population	2,587 → 2,527 (-2.3%)	20,490 → 20,699 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$49,888 → $69,583 (+39.5%)	$45,018 → $59,153 (+31.4%)
Median home value	$170,400 → $222,700 (+30.7%)	$93,000 → $131,800 (+41.7%)
Median gross rent	$913 → $1,082 (+18.5%)	$696 → $909 (+30.6%)

Lewiston

Population

2,5872,527

Median household income

$49,888$69,583

Median home value

$170,400$222,700

Median gross rent

$913$1,082

Lockport

Population

20,49020,699

Median household income

$45,018$59,153

Median home value

$93,000$131,800

Median gross rent

$696$909

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lewiston	Lockport
Under 5	3.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	8.7%	17.1%
18 to 24	8.5%	8.7%
25 to 34	10.1%	15.9%
35 to 44	13.7%	12.7%
45 to 54	9.1%	12.2%
55 to 64	19.7%	12.6%
65 to 74	14.0%	10.3%
75 and over	13.1%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lewiston	Lockport
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	76.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	11.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.0%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lewiston	Lockport
No high school diploma	7.0%	10.0%
High school graduate	13.8%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lewiston	Lockport
Drove alone	80.5%	76.6%
Carpooled	0.5%	7.8%
Public transit	3.3%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	3.7%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.0%	8.9%
Other means	0.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lewiston	Lockport
1-unit, detached	55.9%	55.1%
1-unit, attached	9.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	25.4%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	12.9%
20 or more units	9.6%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Lewiston	Lockport
Poverty rate	4.4%	15.9%
Average household size	1.85	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1960	1938