Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Lockport Township grades B overall, ranked 412th of 767 in Illinois. Natural-hazard risk is low. The catch is cost: homes are expensive, about $261K for a typical one and 2.9 times the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. Lockport Township’s average trip to work is 32 minutes, above both Illinois’ towns (26 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Lockport Township is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns. Lockport Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 85% of U.S. towns.
Where Lockport Township beats most towns.
Where Lockport Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Lockport Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,772 in 1870, 26,094 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1898 and 6 maps from 1892 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lockport Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw30 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw33 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw29 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw28 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw29 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
Big draw31 mi MuseumArt Institute of Chicago1.5M visitors a yearSoldier 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
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lockport Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Lockport Township.
Lockport Township carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of Illinois (mostly inland flooding) and has added a third more jobs in ten years.
24 miles of trail in 32 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Dellwood Park, at 133 acres. Lockport Township’s trail density is 0.7 miles per square mile.
| Lockport Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 7.3% | 3.6% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Dellwood Park | 0.7 mi | 133 |
| 2. Brent Hassert Park | 0.7 mi | 46 |
| 3. Volunteer Park | 0.5 mi | 41 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Two of its 22 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richland Elem SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 774 | B− |
| Lockport Township High Sch EastLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 3,678 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 92% of Illinois towns, with expected losses of about $369 per resident a year; that rating is what its A− for hazard risk is built on.
The FEMA risk score in Lockport Township is 18 of 100. Since 1979, 63 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Lockport Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Jobs based here grew from 12,744 in 2013 to 18,173.
Most working residents leave Lockport Township for work: only 7% work in town. Since 2013, Lockport Township has added 5,429 jobs, to 18,173 in 2023. The top destinations are Chicago (17%), Joliet (7%) and Bolingbrook (5%).
| Lockport Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 9.6% | 11% | 11% |
| Median household income | $85,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Lockport Township beats the Illinois average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 20% of adults binge drink in Lockport Township.
| Lockport Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 35% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 76% | 78% | 79% |
| What stands out | Lockport Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 2.8% | 3.3% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 5.1% | 5.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Lockport Township has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 16° and about 33 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
8 within 15 miles of the center of Lockport Township
About 6 of every 100 Lockport Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
City in Illinois, United States
Lockport is a city in Will County, Illinois, United States, located 30 miles southwest of Chicago. Per the 2020 census, the population was 26,094. The city was incorporated in 1853. It is situated along the Illinois and Michigan (I&M) Canal, and was the headquarters of the canal when the canal was operating. A section of the canal runs through Lockport, including the remains of the canal's Lock No. 1 from which the town received its name. The canal right-of-way is now the Illinois and Michigan National Heritage Corridor.
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6 towns share a border with Lockport Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lockport Township | #412 | B | C− | — | B | B+ |
| Joliet Township | #722 | D | C+ | — | C− | D |
| Homer Township | #340 | B+ | D | — | A− | A− |
| Du Page Township | #388 | B | C− | — | B | B+ |
| Joliet | #667 | C− | C+ | C | C− | C+ |
| Fairmont | #547 | C+ | B− | — | B+ | D |
| Plainfield Township | #369 | B | C− | — | B+ | B+ |
Lockport Township, Joliet Township, Homer Township, Du Page Township, Fairmont and Plainfield Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Lockport Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Lockport Township grades B overall, better than 59% of U.S. towns and #412 of 767 in Illinois. It grades B+ for health and B for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
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