Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Lockport are lower than in 70% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 1.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 12.2 in Buffalo. Below the poverty line: 15.2% of residents, where New York as a whole has 14.0%. For jobs and income Lockport is better than 40% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns (A).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Lockport: the gist
Jobs & income in Lockport: the grade in detail
Job access by car holds Lockport’s grade up (ahead of 73% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lockport could be anywhere from C to B.
A commute of about 24 minutes in Lockport
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lockport workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9,531 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Who commutes out of Lockport, and who commutes in
On a workday 7,633 residents head out to work, 1,600 work right here, and 5,662 people come in from elsewhere.
About 18,000 people are in Lockport on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
15% of working residents work in Amherst
Where Lockport clocks in
15% of workers
11% of workers
10% 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.
What the 7,262 jobs in Lockport are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lockport, 2013 → 2023: 8,655 → 7,262. 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.
How far Lockport’s workers travel
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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Lockport
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 10,477 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 49% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 10% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 61% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 11.0% of Lockport households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lockport’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lockport is 1,363rd of 1,860 U.S. towns of 14,000 to 27,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ada Township MI | 14,769 | $168K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Floral Park NY | 16,105 | $150K | 3.0% | 3.1% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 78 | Garden City NY | 23,043 | $244K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 89 | Victor NY | 16,422 | $116K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,361 | Huntington Township IN | 20,559 | $60K | 13.0% | 4.0% | 35% | C+ |
| 1,362 | Thonotosassa FL | 15,764 | $71K | 16.7% | 6.6% | 4% | C+ |
| 1,363 | Lockport NY | 20,248 | $62K | 15.2% | 4.8% | 17% | C+ |
| 1,364 | Hendersonville NC | 15,867 | $53K | 14.6% | 3.2% | 21% | C+ |
| 1,365 | Zephyrhills FL | 22,447 | $52K | 13.2% | 3.7% | 10% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,860 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 New York.
Lockport and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lockport workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lockport | – | C+ | A | 24 min | $62,410 |
| South Lockport | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. South Lockport: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lockport’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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?
$62,410 (±$6,751) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lockport?
15.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lockport?
24 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lockport work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Amherst (15%, 11 mi), Lockport (11%, 2 mi), Buffalo (10%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lockport walkable?
Lockport is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 10.3 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lockport without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. 10% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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.