New York · Census place 3643082

Lockport, New York

Lockport is a city in Niagara County, New York with an estimated 20,394 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 43rd largest of 419 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
20,394
#43 of 419 in New York
Change since 2020
-2.1%
-435 people
Land area
8.4 sq mi
+ 0.05 sq mi water
Density
2,428 / sq mi
State median 3,760
Orange pin: Lockport. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Albany.

Lockport population, 2020 to 2024

Lockport lost 435 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.1%. In the latest year it moved by -64. Among 170 New York places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 143rd; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in New York has 10,324 people, so Lockport is 2.0 times that size.

20.8k202020.7k202120.6k202220.5k202320.4k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 20,876. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lockport covers 8.40 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 2,428 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Lockport is less dense than the typical town.

What county Lockport is in

All of Lockport's residents live in Niagara County, which had 209,570 residents in 2024. Lockport holds 9.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lockport

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lockport by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 14094. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Lockport is

The Census internal point of Lockport is at 43.169500, -78.695800. Albany, the capital, is 252.4 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is North Tonawanda, NY (29,981 people), 12.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Buffalo, NY, 20.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.169500, -78.695800
DMS
43°10'10.20"N 78°41'44.88"W
UTM
17N 687297.8E 4782215.1N
Geohash
dr8j94z2w
Plus code
87M35893+RM

Daylight in Lockport

At 43.17° N, Lockport gets about 15 h 23 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 24 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lockport

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Middleport, 11.5 miles away, with 1,688 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lockport, NY?

20,394 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 435 (2.1%) from 20,829 in July 2020.

What county is Lockport in?

Niagara County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Lockport?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 14094.

How far is Lockport from Albany?

252.4 miles (406.2 km) in a straight line, heading E from Lockport.

What is the nearest larger city to Lockport?

North Tonawanda, NY, with 29,981 residents, 12.1 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.