Bouverans Plantation House · Photo: Z28scrambler · CC BY-SA 3.0Lockport has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The two grades for Lockport are C for jobs and income and C for walkability. There are 218 jobs in Lockport; 940 of its residents have a job. Home is the office for 0% of workers; Louisiana has 8%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Lockport, in a few figures
Lockport is a place people come home to
There are 218 jobs based in Lockport, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lockport has about 1,600 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Lockport than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Lockport fell from 307 in 2013 to 218 in 2023, −29%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Lockport workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 26 across Louisiana. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 940 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Lockport’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lockport is better than 33% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Lockport’s grade up (ahead of 50% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($60,398, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lockport could be anywhere from D to A−.
The daily commute in and out of Lockport
On a workday 908 residents head out to work, 32 work right here, and 186 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Lockport on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Jobs in Lockport: what the 218 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lockport, 2013 → 2023: 307 → 218. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lockport’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Lockport: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lockport workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,018 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Louisiana: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
9% of working residents work in Thibodaux
Where Lockport clocks in
9% of workers
5% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The commute from Lockport, by distance
About 18% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most of Lockport commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lockport is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Louisiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,018 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.3% of Lockport households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lockport’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100, Lockport ranks 3,262nd of 5,328 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Bayou Gauche LA | 1,908 | $163K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 274 | Montz LA | 2,074 | $92K | 4.7% | 0.2% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 420 | Des Allemands LA | 2,382 | $88K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,260 | Bagdad AZ | 2,814 | $108K | 10.8% | 6.5% | 53% | C |
| 3,261 | Bayou L'Ourse LA | 2,132 | $60K | 16.7% | 3.1% | 1% | C |
| 3,262 | Lockport LA | 2,333 | $60K | 10.8% | 5.6% | 3% | C |
| 3,263 | Superior NE | 1,821 | $64K | 5.5% | 1.1% | 42% | C |
| 3,264 | Hildebran NC | 1,691 | $56K | 21.1% | 3.8% | 3% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Lockport, the top three, the last and three more from Louisiana.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Lockport: questions
What is the median household income in Lockport?
$60,398 (±$23,489) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lockport?
10.8%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lockport?
31 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lockport work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Thibodaux (9%, 20 mi), Raceland (5%, 8 mi), New Orleans (4%, 46 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lockport walkable?
Lockport is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lockport without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lockport, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lockport
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.