Size is not all that matters. But still, we would love to know how big Lockport in New York is. Here is the answer:
Lockport, New York covers an area of 21.87 square kilometers (8.44 square miles).
With 21,165 people living in Lockport that comes to a population density of 967.76 inhabitants per square kilometer (2507.7 / sq mi)
As a reference: The 8,398,748 people living in New York City are crammed onto 1214 sq km (468.73 sq mi), which results into a population density of 6918 inhabitants per square kilometer (17918 / sq mi).

Lockport is a city and the county seat of Niagara County, New York, surrounded by the town of Lockport. The population was 21,165 at the 2010 census, with an estimated population of 20,434 as of 2018. It is named from a set of Erie Canal locks (Lock Numbers 34 and 35) within the city. It is part of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Cities with a similar size as Lockport
If you want to check which cities have a similar size as Lockport, New York, here you go:
- Centralia, Washington with a size of 19.75 square kilometers (19.75 sq mi), population: 14,742
- Palatka, Florida with a size of 23.54 square kilometers (23.54 sq mi), population: 10,558
- Buffalo, Minnesota with a size of 25.30 square kilometers (25.30 sq mi), population: 15,453
- Jamestown, New York with a size of 23.47 square kilometers (23.47 sq mi), population: 31,146
- Greenwood Village, Colorado with a size of 21.00 square kilometers (21.00 sq mi), population: 13,925
- Newberry, South Carolina with a size of 22.30 square kilometers (22.30 sq mi), population: 10,580
- Agoura Hills, California with a size of 20.26 square kilometers (20.26 sq mi), population: 20,745
- Battle Ground, Washington with a size of 21.77 square kilometers (21.77 sq mi), population: 17,571
- Marshall, Missouri with a size of 26.61 square kilometers (26.61 sq mi), population: 13,065
- Upper Arlington, Ohio with a size of 25.39 square kilometers (25.39 sq mi), population: 33,771
Cities with a similar population density as Lockport
Other cities that have a similar population density as Lockport, New York are:
- Bellevue, Nebraska with a population density of 1,158 people per sq km (3,000 / sq mi).
- Sparks, Nevada with a population density of 959 people per sq km (2,484 / sq mi).
- Martinsville, Indiana with a population density of 1,004 people per sq km (2,600 / sq mi).
- Nederland, Texas with a population density of 1,112 people per sq km (2,880 / sq mi).
- Lorain, Ohio with a population density of 1,025 people per sq km (2,654 / sq mi).
- Waukesha, Wisconsin with a population density of 1,063 people per sq km (2,752 / sq mi).
- Twin Falls, Idaho with a population density of 928 people per sq km (2,402 / sq mi).
- Chino, California with a population density of 1,015 people per sq km (2,627 / sq mi).
- North Tonawanda, New York with a population density of 1,118 people per sq km (2,896 / sq mi).
- Harrisonburg, Virginia with a population density of 1,141 people per sq km (2,955 / sq mi).
Cities with a similar population size as Lockport
Here a list of cities that have a similar number of inhabitants like Lockport, New York:
- Central Falls, Rhode Island with a population of 19,328 people
- Solon, Ohio with a population of 23,348 people
- Muskego, Wisconsin with a population of 24,135 people
- Macomb, Illinois with a population of 19,288 people
- Millbrae, California with a population of 21,532 people
- McAlester, Oklahoma with a population of 17,783 people
- Auburn, Maine with a population of 23,055 people
- Mayfield Heights, Ohio with a population of 19,155 people
- Ferguson, Missouri with a population of 21,203 people
- Keene, New Hampshire with a population of 23,409 people
