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Lockport’s median rent is $729 a month, below both New York’s towns ($1,101 a month) and U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). Lockport has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Cold Springs Cemetery and Nathan Comstock Jr. House. We don’t grade Lockport yet; the figures below are still real.
Where Lockport beats most towns.
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1833.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lockport. Close and well known come first.
Big draw20 mi WaterfallNiagara Falls
Big draw26 mi Stadium & arenaHighmark Stadium
Big draw26 mi Stadium & arenaRalph Wilson Stadium
20 mi WaterfallHorseshoe Falls
21 mi Stadium & arenaKeyBank Center
21 mi MuseumUSS The SullivansNiagara Falls: Robert F. Tobler, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Highmark Stadium: James161723, CC0 · Ralph Wilson Stadium: User Evilarry on en.wikipedia, Public domain · Horseshoe Falls: Ujjwal Kumar, Public domain · KeyBank Center: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0 · USS The Sullivans: Unknown, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lockport, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Lockport.
Lockport has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Lockport’s July high is 81°F, near the New York town median (81°F) and below the median of U.S. towns (85°F).
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Its public schools are run by the Lockport City School District. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Southard Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–4 | Grades K–4 | 363 | C+ |
| Henrietta G Lewis Campus School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 95 | – |
NCES · EDFacts
Most working residents leave Lockport for work: only 10% work in town. Since 2013, Lockport has added 1,077 jobs, to 7,953 in 2023. The average trip to work in Lockport is 22 minutes.
| Lockport | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 9.6% | 12% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 8.3% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $86,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Lockport beats the New York average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 39% of Lockport adults have obesity.
| Lockport | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 33% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 33% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 82% | 81% | 79% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 21% | 23% |
| What stands out | Lockport | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.7% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.9% | 17.2% |
| More adults with obesity | 39% | 28.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the New York average. Lockport’s median age is 44.5 years. 34% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 40% across New York.
| Lockport | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 44.5 years | 43 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 19% | 20% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 21% | 20% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 34% | 32% | 29% |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.8 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women.
| Lockport | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.2% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.1% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.7% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.2% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.3% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.3% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.6% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.3% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.3% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.2% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.3% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.4% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 14.4% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.2% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15.5% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 54% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 11 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Lockport.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
13 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. Day Road Park, at 48 acres with 1.2 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Lockport | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 2.4% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Day Road Park | 1.2 mi | 48 |
| 2. Model Plane Air Field | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
3 within 15 miles of the center of Lockport
About 2 of every 100 Lockport residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
2 places in Lockport on the National Register of Historic Places.
23 notable people were born in Lockport.
City in New York, United States
Lockport (Seneca: Jodö:sho:t) is both a city and the town that surrounds it in Niagara County, New York, United States. Lockport is a northern suburb of Buffalo. The city is the Niagara county seat; as of the 2020 census, Lockport had a population of 20,876. Its name derives from a set of locks (Lock Numbers 34 and 35) in the Erie Canal within the city that were built to allow canal barges to traverse the sixty-foot (18 m) natural drop of the Niagara Escarpment. It is part of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area.
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8 towns share a border with Lockport.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lockport | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Clarence | #116 | A | C− | — | A | A |
| Rapids | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Royalton | #185 | A− | B+ | — | B | B |
| Cambria | #200 | A− | B− | — | B+ | B+ |
| Newfane | #261 | B+ | B+ | — | B+ | B |
| South Lockport | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pendleton | #425 | B− | C | — | A− | B |
Clarence, Royalton, Cambria, Newfane and Pendleton report no FBI crime data of their own. Lockport, Rapids and South Lockport aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Lockport with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
We don’t grade Lockport yet; the figures below are still real.
Lockport was incorporated in 1865 and has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places. 23 notable people were born here, including Joyce Carol Oates and Othniel Charles Marsh.
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