Lockport HeightsLA
A town of 1,481.
Is Lockport Heights a good place to live?
Lockport Heights’ best subject grades are an A− for schools and incomes; its weakest is a D− for hazard risk. Lockport Heights’ median household income is $126,000, against $56,000 in Louisiana’s towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns. On incomes, just 17 of Louisiana’s 250 towns do better. Residents are less healthy than 94% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Lockport Heights has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,481 people, and everyone knows the way
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How Lockport Heights grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Louisiana), ordered by how far Lockport Heights is from typical.
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Moving to Lockport Heights: who provides what
Lockport Heights is unincorporated, so Lafourche Parish 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 Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Lockport Heights.
Lockport Heights stands out in Louisiana and nationally, with more of its adults who have been diagnosed with depression
31% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Lockport Heights, above both Louisiana’s towns (27%) and U.S. towns (23%). 46% of adults have obesity in Lockport Heights. Lockport Heights beats the Louisiana average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5.
| Lockport Heights | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 27% | 23% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 43% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 19% | 14% |
| What stands out | Lockport Heights | LA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 9.7% | 12.4% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 13.9% | 16.8% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 24.7% | 18.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Very high risk in Lockport Heights, with hurricanes at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 96% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Lockport Heights’ workers commute out
Most working residents leave Lockport Heights for work: only 2% work in town. 7.5% of Lockport Heights residents live below the poverty line. Jobs based in Lockport Heights fell to 240 in 2023, 582 fewer than in 2013.
| Lockport Heights | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 7.5% | 20% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.2% | 9.8% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and hot summers in Lockport Heights
Lockport Heights has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Lockport Heights’ July high is 91°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More young adults than Louisiana overall
Adults 18 to 34 are 30% of residents (22% statewide); people 65 and older are 10% of residents (17% statewide). The median age in Lockport Heights is 34.8 years. 37% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 27% across Louisiana.
| Lockport Heights | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 9.5% | 17% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 37% | 20% | 29% |
| Median age | 34.8 years | 37.8 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±8 points. Across Louisiana, 51.1% of residents are women.
| Lockport Heights | LA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 5.7% | 12.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 15% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 17.4% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.2% | 13.3% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 16.2% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.8% | 11.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.2% | 12.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 3.4% | 10.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.1% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 14.7% | 12.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 40.2% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 6.2% | 20.4% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 2.1% | 7.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 32.8% | 17% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 4% | 10.1% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,500, single groups can be off by several points
A home in Lockport Heights sells for about $264K at the median
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Lockport Heights
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Lockport Heights; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Lockport Heights residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Louisiana.
98% 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
Questions about Lockport Heights
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lockport Heights, LA expensive?
The typical home is worth about $323,000, 51% above the Louisiana typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.