Workforce Characteristics

- Total employment within 30 miles of the Lockport Industrial Park as of April, 2012 was 527,100.

- Total manufacturing employment within 30 miles of the Lockport Industrial Park as of August, 2012 was 53,400.

- The unemployment rate for Niagara County as of August, 2012 was 8.8%.

Major manufacturing employers within 30 miles of Lockport are General Motors, Moog, Rich Products and Goodyear/Dunlop. Major non-manufacturing private sector employers include Kaleida Health, Catholic Health, Tops Markets, First Niagara Bank and M&T Bank.