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Lockport city, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
Lockport city is a Census city of 26,409 people across 11.74 square miles of land, in Will County. Median household income is $111,981, 84.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 48 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $27.1 m.
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Lockport
What Lockport is
- Census place typecity
- Land area11.74 sq mi
- Water area0.04 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,249
- County holding the largest share of its areaWill County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lockport
How many people live in Lockport
- Population26,409
- Median age38.5
- Population under 186,179
- Share under 1823.4 percent
- Population 65 and over3,375
- Share 65 and over12.8 percent
- Households9,903
- Family households7,039
- Share of households that are families71.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lockport
Income and work in Lockport
- Median household income$111,981
- Per capita income$52,441
- Civilian labor force15,345
- Employed14,620
- Unemployed725 plus or minus 282
- Unemployment rate4.7 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Adults 25 and over18,061
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher97.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher44.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree16.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lockport
Housing in Lockport
- Housing units10,212
- Occupied units9,903
- Vacant units309 plus or minus 125
- Vacancy rate3.0 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Owner occupied8,380
- Renter occupied1,523
- Ownership rate84.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$316,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,525
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.3 percent
- Single family units8,762
- Share single family85.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,438
- Share in buildings of two or more14.1 percent
- Mobile homes12 plus or minus 20
- Median year structure built1998
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lockport
How Lockport gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute12,361
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,801
- Share commuting under 15 minutes14.6 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more6,813
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more55.1 percent
- Drove alone78.4 percent
- Carpooled3.8 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Public transport2.0 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Walked0.9 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Worked from home13.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lockport
SBA loans in Lockport (7(a))
- Approvals48
- Gross approval$27,055,600
- Average approval$563,658
- Median approval$255,700
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,270,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported507
- Jobs per approval10.6
- Loans with a final outcome11
- Paid in full11
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more22.9 percent
- Share to franchises27.1 percent
- Distinct lenders17
- Distinct industries by NAICS26
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Lockport
SBA loans in Lockport (504)
- Approvals27
- Gross approval$21,830,000
- Average approval$808,519
- Median approval$557,000
- Largest approval$4,999,000
- Jobs supported290
- Loans with a final outcome12
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans8.3 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs4
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Lockport
Flood risk in Lockport
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number170703
- Currently effective map date02/15/19
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Will County, not Lockport
Will County context, not Lockport figures
These are Will County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Lockport measurements.
- Establishments in Will County17,085
- Employment at those establishments, Will County267,545
- Covered employment, Will County263,673
- Average annual pay, Will County$60,570
- Average weekly wage, Will County$1,165
- Housing units permitted, Will County2,002
- Of those, single family, Will County1,464
- County product, 2024, Will County$50,332,938,000
- County product change over the prior year, Will County3.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Will County$80,186
Every figure in this section is published for Will County as a whole and is not a measurement of Lockport. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Lockport questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Lockport, Illinois?
26,409, in 9,903 households. Lockport city covers 11.74 square miles of land, which is 2,249 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Lockport in?
Will County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Lockport?
$111,981. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $316,000. Median gross rent is $1,525 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Lockport businesses?
48 7(a) approvals totalling $27.1 m, across 17 lenders, median approval $255,700, plus 27 504 approvals worth $21.8 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Lockport, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Lockport borrowers get paid back?
Of the 11 loans that have reached a final outcome, 11 were paid in full and 0 charged off, a charge off rate of 0.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Lockport in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Lockport appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 170703, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Lockport figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Will County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Lockport.
Is zoning published for Lockport?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.