Lockport HeightsIL
A town of 890.
Is Lockport Heights a good place to live?
Lockport Heights’ midpoint age is 25.8 years, below both the Illinois town median (40.7 years) and the median of U.S. towns (40.5 years). Among 769 Illinois towns, just 3 have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Lockport Heights. Lockport Heights has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
890 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Soldier Field and 151 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lockport Heights. Close and well known come first.
Big draw27 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw29 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw25 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw25 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw25 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
Big draw27 mi MuseumArt Institute of Chicago1.5M visitors a yearPhoto credits
Soldier Field: Photo by Joon Han Contact: [email protected], CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wrigley Field: Ryan Dickey, CC BY 2.0 · Barack Obama Presidential Center: AlphaBeta135, CC0 · Rate Field: User Enoch Lai on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · United Center: User:JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Art Institute of Chicago: ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0
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Moving to Lockport Heights: who provides what
Lockport Heights is unincorporated, so Will 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 Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Lockport Heights.
Most of Lockport Heights’ workers head elsewhere: there are 0.0 jobs for each of them
In Lockport Heights, the average commute is 19 minutes, against 26 minutes in Illinois’ towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. The top destinations are Chicago (17%), Lockport (6%) and Joliet (5%). The median commute is under 14 miles.
| Lockport Heights | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $78,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Lockport Heights: four seasons and pleasant summers
Expect July afternoons of 84° and January nights of 16°, with about 33 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Low risk in Lockport Heights, with inland flooding at the top
The natural-hazard score from FEMA for Lockport Heights comes to 34 of 100. Expected losses in Lockport Heights break down as 58% from inland flooding and 19% from cold waves.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Lockport Heights stands out in Illinois and nationally: a larger share of its adults binge drink
15% of adults say their health is fair or poor in Lockport Heights. This Illinois town does better than the Illinois average on 10 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 1. Two figures for adults in the town: 9.1% have diabetes, 11% report frequent physical distress.
| Lockport Heights | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 18% | 16% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.1% | 11% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Lockport Heights | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9% | 15.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8.4% | 13.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.6% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Lockport Heights
Colleges nearby
10 within 15 miles of the center of Lockport Heights
College town 19 of every 100 Lockport Heights residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
100% of working residents leave Lockport Heights for work
Where Lockport Heights’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Lockport Heights
Census-designated place in Illinois, US
Lockport Heights is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Will County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, Lockport Heights had a population of 749. It is in the northern part of the county and is bordered to the west, south, and east by the city of Lockport. Illinois Route 171 (Archer Avenue) runs along the northwest side of the CDP, leading southwest 3 miles (5 km) to the center of Lockport and northeast 17 miles (27 km) to the western edge of Chicago. Lockport Heights was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.
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Questions about Lockport Heights
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Is Lockport Heights, IL a good place to live?
Lockport Heights has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.