[3] Hochdorf is located in the upper Seetal valley, in the canton of Lucerne.

The municipality consists of the village of Hochdorf and the hamlets of Baldegg, Huwyl, Urswil and part of Ligschwil.

Of the rest of the land, 26.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

Of the agricultural land, 64.69% is used for farming or pastures, while 3.33% is used for orchards or vine crops.

Of the settled areas, 10% is covered with buildings, 4.27% is industrial, 0.42% is classed as special developments, 1.35% is parks or greenbelts and 5.21% is transportation infrastructure.

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (87.2%), with Italian being second most common ( 2.6%) and Albanian being third ( 2.6%).

In the 2000 census[update] the religious membership of Hochdorf was; 6,003 (77.3%) were Roman Catholic, and 670 (8.6%) were Protestant, with an additional 232 (2.99%) that were of some other Christian faith.