Bolingbrook vs Joliet

A side-by-side comparison of Bolingbrook and Joliet: population, income, housing, and more.

Bolingbrook and Joliet are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Joliet has the higher population (149,785 vs 73,813 in Bolingbrook). Bolingbrook has the higher median household income ($107,552 vs $88,026 in Joliet). Bolingbrook has the higher median home value ($295,500 vs $248,600 in Joliet).

Population, income & housing

	Bolingbrook	Joliet
Population	73,813	149,785
Median age	37.4 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$107,552	$88,026
Median home value	$295,500	$248,600
Median gross rent	$1,718	$1,237
Housing units	24,273	53,636
Homeownership rate	79.0%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.5%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolingbrook	Joliet
Population	74,431 → 73,813 (-0.8%)	147,826 → 149,785 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$91,290 → $107,552 (+17.8%)	$70,509 → $88,026 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$223,600 → $295,500 (+32.2%)	$181,100 → $248,600 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,386 → $1,718 (+24.0%)	$1,033 → $1,237 (+19.7%)

Bolingbrook

Population

74,43173,813

Median household income

$91,290$107,552

Median home value

$223,600$295,500

Median gross rent

$1,386$1,718

Joliet

Population

147,826149,785

Median household income

$70,509$88,026

Median home value

$181,100$248,600

Median gross rent

$1,033$1,237

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bolingbrook	Joliet
Under 5	5.4%	6.1%
5 to 17	18.6%	19.4%
18 to 24	10.7%	10.7%
25 to 34	12.2%	13.4%
35 to 44	14.2%	14.4%
45 to 54	14.0%	14.8%
55 to 64	12.4%	10.3%
65 to 74	8.2%	7.0%
75 and over	4.3%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolingbrook	Joliet
White (non-Hispanic)	36.3%	43.5%
Black or African American	18.2%	16.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	13.9%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	28.2%	34.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolingbrook	Joliet
No high school diploma	10.6%	15.1%
High school graduate	23.0%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolingbrook	Joliet
Drove alone	69.9%	79.7%
Carpooled	9.1%	9.7%
Public transit	2.1%	1.6%
Walked	1.1%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	7.3%
Other means	1.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolingbrook	Joliet
1-unit, detached	72.5%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	14.6%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	5.6%
20 or more units	5.7%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Bolingbrook	Joliet
Poverty rate	8.2%	11.0%
Average household size	3.09	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1989	1986