LockwoodCA
Today 240 people live in this town, first settled in 1888.
Is Lockwood a good place to live?
Lockwood’s average trip to work is 40 minutes, above both the California town median (28 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Lockwood has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
240 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Lockwood: who provides what
Lockwood is unincorporated, so Monterey County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Lockwood.
The schools Lockwood’s kids attend
Its one school is below. The public schools here belong to the San Antonio Union Elementary school district. Enrollment at Lockwood’s public school: 134 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 134 | – |
NCES · EDFacts
Compared with most of California and the rest of the country, the FEMA risk score in Lockwood is higher
Expected losses in Lockwood break down as 49% from drought and 19% from wildfires.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Lockwood: mild winters and hot summers
July afternoons reach 90°, January nights drop to 37° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Lockwood has 0.8 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
7.5% of Lockwood residents live below the poverty line. Jobs in Lockwood grew by 51 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 87. Half of commuters travel less than 79 miles. The top destinations are Salinas (10%), San Jose (7%) and El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) (6%).
| Lockwood | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.9% | 6.6% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.5% | 10% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
How healthy Lockwood is
31% of adults have obesity in Lockwood. This California town does better than the California average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 6. Two figures for adults locally: 33% sleep under 7 hours, 36% have high blood pressure.
| Lockwood | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 75% | 72% | 79% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 35% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 31% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 36% | 33% |
| What stands out | Lockwood | CA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults screened for colon cancer | 63.7% | 57.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.8% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
0% of Lockwood is conserved land
9.9 miles of trail. Lockwood’s density of trails is 0.9 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Lockwood
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Lockwood; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Lockwood residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
About Lockwood
Unincorporated community in California, United States
Lockwood is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Monterey County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 368. It is a small community consisting of farms, ranches, and vineyards, in a broad valley encompassed by the coastal mountains. The ZIP Code is 93932, and the community is inside area code 831.
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- Area
- 11 sq mi
- Elevation
- 971 ft
- ZIP code
- 93932
- Area code
- 831
Questions about Lockwood
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lockwood, CA a good place to live?
Lockwood has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.