Best PlacesLockport, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lockport, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Lockport ranks 984th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lockport
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Lockport's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lockport ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 95% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 90% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than 86% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 78% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 78% of cities
Where Lockport ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 5% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 6% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 6% of cities
- Short commute33.6 minutes each way, better than only 9% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than only 18% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Lockport
A household needs to earn about $96,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lockport home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $113,713, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Lockport's effective rate of 2.09%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lockport
Lockport's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lockport.
Who works in Lockport, and how
Work in Lockport centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Lockport
Lockport has more restaurants and bars per resident than 71% of cities and more parkland per resident than 90% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Lockport and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lockport, month by month
Lockport sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 26° | 20° |
| April | 60° | 49° | 40° |
| July | 84° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 65° | 54° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Lockport
Chicago Midway International sits about 20 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 9.4 million passengers in 2025, with 113 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Lockport
Schools across Lockport average a C, better than 26% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- William J Butler SchoolB · 45% proficient
- William E Young SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Luther J Schilling SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hadley Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Indian Trail Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- A Vito Martinez Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Lockport Township High Sch EastC+ · 37% proficient
- Romeoville High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lockport school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lockport measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Lockport against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Lockport suits
Families
Schools land around the 26th percentile and crime safety beats 62%.
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 75% of cities and 12% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Lockport
Is Lockport a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lockport ranks 984th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on a stable housing market, low disaster risk, and heat safety, and lowest on taxes and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lockport expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $310,914. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $113,713 median income, cost of living beats 75% of cities.
Is Lockport safe?
Yes, Lockport is safer than 62% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $232 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Lockport?
July highs average about 84 degrees, and January highs near 32 with lows near 20. That works out to about 78 pleasant days a year, more than 42% of cities.
Is Lockport good for families?
Schools beat 26% of cities, crime safety beats 62%, and childcare runs $1,352 a month.
Compare Lockport with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lockport. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lockport represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Lockport detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lockport: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lockport: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lockport: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lockport: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lockport detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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