Lockport is a somewhat small city located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 14,803 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Lockport is the 157th largest community in Illinois.

Lockport is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Lockport is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Lockport who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.87%), sales jobs (12.96%), and management occupations (8.55%).

Also of interest is that Lockport has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Because of many things, Lockport is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Lockport a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The city's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Lockport has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Lockport's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

One downside of living in Lockport, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.12 minutes every day commuting to work.

Lockport is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Lockport Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Lockport who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 14.96%: 22.59% of adults in Lockport have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Lockport in 2000 was $24,939, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $99,756 for a family of four. However, Lockport contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Lockport home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Lockport is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Lockport include German, Polish, Irish, Italian, English, and Swedish.

The most common language spoken in Lockport is English. Some people also speak Spanish.