Lockport vs Newfane

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

Lockport and Newfane 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 3,470 in Newfane). Newfane has the higher median household income ($75,049 vs $59,153 in Lockport). Newfane has the higher median home value ($143,500 vs $131,800 in Lockport).

Population, income & housing

	Lockport	Newfane
Population	20,699	3,470
Median age	36.5 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$59,153	$75,049
Median home value	$131,800	$143,500
Median gross rent	$909	$836
Housing units	10,273	1,461
Homeownership rate	55.4%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lockport	Newfane
Population	20,490 → 20,699 (+1.0%)	3,376 → 3,470 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$45,018 → $59,153 (+31.4%)	$39,543 → $75,049 (+89.8%)
Median home value	$93,000 → $131,800 (+41.7%)	$95,900 → $143,500 (+49.6%)
Median gross rent	$696 → $909 (+30.6%)	$718 → $836 (+16.4%)

Lockport

Population

20,49020,699

Median household income

$45,018$59,153

Median home value

$93,000$131,800

Median gross rent

$696$909

Newfane

Population

3,3763,470

Median household income

$39,543$75,049

Median home value

$95,900$143,500

Median gross rent

$718$836

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lockport	Newfane
Under 5	5.1%	13.1%
5 to 17	17.1%	11.0%
18 to 24	8.7%	4.6%
25 to 34	15.9%	10.8%
35 to 44	12.7%	16.2%
45 to 54	12.2%	9.6%
55 to 64	12.6%	12.4%
65 to 74	10.3%	15.7%
75 and over	5.5%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lockport	Newfane
White (non-Hispanic)	76.8%	92.7%
Black or African American	11.1%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.6%
Asian	0.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.7%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lockport	Newfane
No high school diploma	10.0%	5.9%
High school graduate	30.2%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lockport	Newfane
Drove alone	76.6%	71.7%
Carpooled	7.8%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	3.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	16.1%
Other means	3.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lockport	Newfane
1-unit, detached	55.1%	78.0%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	25.4%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	12.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.1%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	15.7%

Poverty & households

	Lockport	Newfane
Poverty rate	15.9%	6.2%
Average household size	2.22	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1938	1956