Bolingbrook vs New Lenox

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

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

Bolingbrook has the higher population (73,813 vs 27,456 in New Lenox). New Lenox has the higher median household income ($133,071 vs $107,552 in Bolingbrook). New Lenox has the higher median home value ($377,500 vs $295,500 in Bolingbrook).

Population, income & housing

	Bolingbrook	New Lenox
Population	73,813	27,456
Median age	37.4 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$107,552	$133,071
Median home value	$295,500	$377,500
Median gross rent	$1,718	$1,244
Housing units	24,273	9,473
Homeownership rate	79.0%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.5%	45.5%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolingbrook	New Lenox
Population	74,431 → 73,813 (-0.8%)	26,454 → 27,456 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$91,290 → $107,552 (+17.8%)	$110,313 → $133,071 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$223,600 → $295,500 (+32.2%)	$294,800 → $377,500 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,386 → $1,718 (+24.0%)	$1,143 → $1,244 (+8.8%)

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

New Lenox

Population

26,45427,456

Median household income

$110,313$133,071

Median home value

$294,800$377,500

Median gross rent

$1,143$1,244

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bolingbrook	New Lenox
Under 5	5.4%	8.4%
5 to 17	18.6%	20.4%
18 to 24	10.7%	7.4%
25 to 34	12.2%	9.6%
35 to 44	14.2%	17.4%
45 to 54	14.0%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.4%	12.3%
65 to 74	8.2%	8.0%
75 and over	4.3%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolingbrook	New Lenox
White (non-Hispanic)	36.3%	89.6%
Black or African American	18.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	13.9%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	28.2%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolingbrook	New Lenox
No high school diploma	10.6%	1.7%
High school graduate	23.0%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	17.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolingbrook	New Lenox
Drove alone	69.9%	75.7%
Carpooled	9.1%	5.6%
Public transit	2.1%	3.5%
Walked	1.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	15.7%	14.2%
Other means	1.9%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolingbrook	New Lenox
1-unit, detached	72.5%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	14.6%	10.5%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	4.2%
20 or more units	5.7%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Bolingbrook	New Lenox
Poverty rate	8.2%	2.1%
Average household size	3.09	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	30	33
Median year structure built	1989	1997