Lockport vs North Tonawanda

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

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

North Tonawanda has the higher population (30,338 vs 20,699 in Lockport). North Tonawanda has the higher median household income ($66,774 vs $59,153 in Lockport). North Tonawanda has the higher median home value ($184,900 vs $131,800 in Lockport).

Population, income & housing

	Lockport	North Tonawanda
Population	20,699	30,338
Median age	36.5 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$59,153	$66,774
Median home value	$131,800	$184,900
Median gross rent	$909	$914
Housing units	10,273	14,754
Homeownership rate	55.4%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lockport	North Tonawanda
Population	20,490 → 20,699 (+1.0%)	30,487 → 30,338 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$45,018 → $59,153 (+31.4%)	$58,211 → $66,774 (+14.7%)
Median home value	$93,000 → $131,800 (+41.7%)	$122,700 → $184,900 (+50.7%)
Median gross rent	$696 → $909 (+30.6%)	$706 → $914 (+29.5%)

Lockport

Population

20,49020,699

Median household income

$45,018$59,153

Median home value

$93,000$131,800

Median gross rent

$696$909

North Tonawanda

Population

30,48730,338

Median household income

$58,211$66,774

Median home value

$122,700$184,900

Median gross rent

$706$914

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lockport	North Tonawanda
Under 5	5.1%	5.8%
5 to 17	17.1%	12.7%
18 to 24	8.7%	6.4%
25 to 34	15.9%	16.5%
35 to 44	12.7%	11.2%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.6%
55 to 64	12.6%	15.5%
65 to 74	10.3%	11.2%
75 and over	5.5%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lockport	North Tonawanda
White (non-Hispanic)	76.8%	90.1%
Black or African American	11.1%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.7%
Two or more races	6.7%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lockport	North Tonawanda
No high school diploma	10.0%	6.7%
High school graduate	30.2%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lockport	North Tonawanda
Drove alone	76.6%	76.7%
Carpooled	7.8%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	3.7%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.9%	14.0%
Other means	3.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lockport	North Tonawanda
1-unit, detached	55.1%	66.5%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	25.4%	18.2%
5 to 19 units	12.9%	9.2%
20 or more units	4.1%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lockport	North Tonawanda
Poverty rate	15.9%	12.1%
Average household size	2.22	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1938	1955