Lockport vs South Lockport

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

Lockport and South 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 8,660 in South Lockport). Lockport has the higher median household income ($59,153 vs $54,051 in South Lockport). South Lockport has the higher median home value ($143,800 vs $131,800 in Lockport).

Population, income & housing

	Lockport	South Lockport
Population	20,699	8,660
Median age	36.5 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$59,153	$54,051
Median home value	$131,800	$143,800
Median gross rent	$909	$647
Housing units	10,273	4,124
Homeownership rate	55.4%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lockport	South Lockport
Population	20,490 → 20,699 (+1.0%)	7,066 → 8,660 (+22.6%)
Median household income	$45,018 → $59,153 (+31.4%)	$47,700 → $54,051 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$93,000 → $131,800 (+41.7%)	$82,000 → $143,800 (+75.4%)
Median gross rent	$696 → $909 (+30.6%)	$594 → $647 (+8.9%)

Lockport

Population

20,49020,699

Median household income

$45,018$59,153

Median home value

$93,000$131,800

Median gross rent

$696$909

South Lockport

Population

7,0668,660

Median household income

$47,700$54,051

Median home value

$82,000$143,800

Median gross rent

$594$647

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lockport	South Lockport
Under 5	5.1%	4.0%
5 to 17	17.1%	14.0%
18 to 24	8.7%	10.4%
25 to 34	15.9%	10.7%
35 to 44	12.7%	13.0%
45 to 54	12.2%	14.4%
55 to 64	12.6%	16.6%
65 to 74	10.3%	10.5%
75 and over	5.5%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lockport	South Lockport
White (non-Hispanic)	76.8%	83.2%
Black or African American	11.1%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.6%
Two or more races	6.7%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lockport	South Lockport
No high school diploma	10.0%	9.7%
High school graduate	30.2%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lockport	South Lockport
Drove alone	76.6%	74.9%
Carpooled	7.8%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	3.7%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	6.7%
Other means	3.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lockport	South Lockport
1-unit, detached	55.1%	39.8%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	25.4%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	12.9%	19.5%
20 or more units	4.1%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	32.1%

Poverty & households

	Lockport	South Lockport
Poverty rate	15.9%	13.0%
Average household size	2.22	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1938	1984