Lockport HeightsLA
A town of 1,481 in Louisiana.
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’ typical 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
Among adults in Lockport Heights, 19% binge drink and 46% have obesity. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Lockport Heights is ahead of Louisiana on 2 and behind on 5. 14% of Lockport Heights adults have diabetes.
| 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
For Lockport Heights, the FEMA hazard score is 96 of 100. FEMA puts 69% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to hurricanes, and 13% to inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Lockport Heights’ workers commute out
Among working residents in Lockport Heights, 2.2% work locally. Jobs locally fell by 582 from 2013 to 2023, to 240. The mean commuting time for Lockport Heights comes to 29 minutes. The top destinations are Thibodaux (11%), Bayou Cane (5%) and New Orleans (4%).
| 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: that is Lockport Heights’ year
July afternoons reach 91°, January nights drop to 45° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More adults under 35 in Lockport Heights than across Louisiana
For adults 25 and older in Lockport Heights, the share who hold a bachelor’s degree or more is 37%. Adults 18 to 34 are 30% of residents (22% statewide); people 65 and older are 10% of residents (17% statewide).
| 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 $255K at the median
In Lockport Heights, 88% of households are owner-occupiers. Lockport Heights’ midpoint rent is $1,036 a month.
| Lockport Heights | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 88% | 68% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,036 a month | $990 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · 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.