| Official Name: | Lockbourne, Ohio |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Image Map1: | Map of Franklin County Ohio Highlighting Lockbourne Village.png |
| Mapsize1: | 250px |
| Map Caption1: | Location of Lockbourne in Franklin County |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Ohio |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Franklin, Pickaway County |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 2.17 |
| Area Land Km2: | 2.03 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.14 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.84 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.79 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.05 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 236 |
| Population Density Km2: | 116.09 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 300.64 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 689 |
| Coordinates: | 39.8078°N -82.9836°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 43137 |
| Area Code: | 614 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 39-44310[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2398462 |
Lockbourne is a village in Franklin County and Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. The population was 236 at the 2020 census. Lockbourne is located near Rickenbacker International Airport, and had initially provided its original name of Lockbourne Air Force Base.
Lockbourne was laid out in the early 1830s. It takes its name from the locks of the Ohio and Erie Canal, on which it was situated.[3]
Picway Power Plant, a coal fired power plant, operated in Lockbourne from 1926 to 2015. It was owned by Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric, and later by American Electric Power (AEP).[4]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.8sqmi, of which, 0.75sqmi is land and 0.05sqmi is water.[5]
At the 2010 census there were 237 people, 95 households, and 69 families living in the village. The population density was 316PD/sqmi. There were 108 housing units at an average density of 144/sqmi. The racial makeup of the village was 97.9% White, 0.4% from other races, and 1.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 2.5%.[6]
Of the 95 households 33.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.7% were married couples living together, 12.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 27.4% were non-families. 21.1% of households were one person and 8.5% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.86.
The median age in the village was 38.9 years. 24.5% of residents were under the age of 18; 8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 26.6% were from 25 to 44; 20.2% were from 45 to 64; and 20.7% were 65 or older. The gender makeup of the village was 47.7% male and 52.3% female.
At the 2000 census there were 280 people, 107 households, and 78 families living in the village. The population density was 2950.5sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 114 housing units at an average density of 1201.3sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of the village was 99.64% White, and 0.36% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 0.36%.
Of the 107 households 26.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.1% were married couples living together, 8.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.2% were non-families. 23.4% of households were one person and 12.1% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.05.
The age distribution was 25.4% under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 27.5% from 25 to 44, 25.7% from 45 to 64, and 15.7% 65 or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 105.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.2 males.
The median household income was $33,929 and the median family income was $38,125. Males had a median income of $26,875 versus $25,500 for females. The per capita income for the village was $14,802. About 5.1% of families and 9.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.1% of those under the age of eighteen and 6.1% of those sixty five or over.
While Rickenbacker Airport is extremely close to Lockbourne, very few commercial flights land or take off at Rickenbacker, and many Columbus-area commercial flights are scheduled at John Glenn International Airport. Many smaller general aviation airports are also located close to Lockbourne, the closest of which is Bolton Field.
Road access to Lockbourne primarily revolves around U.S. Route 23 and Ohio State Route 317. The closest controlled-access highway is Interstate 270, a ring road connecting outer Columbus suburbs as well as Interstate 70 and Interstate 71.