Lockport vs Niagara Falls

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

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

Niagara Falls has the higher population (48,198 vs 20,699 in Lockport). Lockport has the higher median household income ($59,153 vs $48,535 in Niagara Falls). Lockport has the higher median home value ($131,800 vs $104,400 in Niagara Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Lockport	Niagara Falls
Population	20,699	48,198
Median age	36.5 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$59,153	$48,535
Median home value	$131,800	$104,400
Median gross rent	$909	$784
Housing units	10,273	26,161
Homeownership rate	55.4%	57.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lockport	Niagara Falls
Population	20,490 → 20,699 (+1.0%)	48,252 → 48,198 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$45,018 → $59,153 (+31.4%)	$36,346 → $48,535 (+33.5%)
Median home value	$93,000 → $131,800 (+41.7%)	$77,400 → $104,400 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$696 → $909 (+30.6%)	$665 → $784 (+17.9%)

Lockport

Population

20,49020,699

Median household income

$45,018$59,153

Median home value

$93,000$131,800

Median gross rent

$696$909

Niagara Falls

Population

48,25248,198

Median household income

$36,346$48,535

Median home value

$77,400$104,400

Median gross rent

$665$784

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lockport	Niagara Falls
Under 5	5.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.1%	15.3%
18 to 24	8.7%	8.2%
25 to 34	15.9%	13.3%
35 to 44	12.7%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.3%
55 to 64	12.6%	14.6%
65 to 74	10.3%	11.7%
75 and over	5.5%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lockport	Niagara Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	76.8%	64.1%
Black or African American	11.1%	17.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.7%
Asian	0.3%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.7%
Two or more races	6.7%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lockport	Niagara Falls
No high school diploma	10.0%	11.4%
High school graduate	30.2%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lockport	Niagara Falls
Drove alone	76.6%	73.1%
Carpooled	7.8%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	3.1%
Walked	3.7%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	8.9%	7.0%
Other means	3.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lockport	Niagara Falls
1-unit, detached	55.1%	59.8%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	25.4%	23.7%
5 to 19 units	12.9%	6.2%
20 or more units	4.1%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Lockport	Niagara Falls
Poverty rate	15.9%	23.7%
Average household size	2.22	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1938	1948