Lockport is a very small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 2,404 people and two associated neighborhoods, Lockport is the 157th largest community in Louisiana.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Lockport is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 44.03% of the Lockport workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Lockport is a town of construction workers and builders, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Lockport who work in office and administrative support (14.09%), management occupations (9.77%), and teaching (8.54%). Also of interest is that Lockport has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Being a small town, Lockport does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In Lockport, just 8.06% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%. The per capita income in Lockport in 2022 was $24,553, which is middle income relative to Louisiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $98,212 for a family of four. However, Lockport contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Lockport is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Lockport home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lockport residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Lockport include French, French Canadian, English, German, and Irish. The most common language spoken in Lockport is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Spanish.
