Bolingbrook vs Plainfield

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

Bolingbrook and Plainfield 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 45,705 in Plainfield). Plainfield has the higher median household income ($142,265 vs $107,552 in Bolingbrook). Plainfield has the higher median home value ($398,000 vs $295,500 in Bolingbrook).

Population, income & housing

	Bolingbrook	Plainfield
Population	73,813	45,705
Median age	37.4 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$107,552	$142,265
Median home value	$295,500	$398,000
Median gross rent	$1,718	$1,889
Housing units	24,273	14,499
Homeownership rate	79.0%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.5%	54.9%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolingbrook	Plainfield
Population	74,431 → 73,813 (-0.8%)	43,110 → 45,705 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$91,290 → $107,552 (+17.8%)	$130,614 → $142,265 (+8.9%)
Median home value	$223,600 → $295,500 (+32.2%)	$319,500 → $398,000 (+24.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,386 → $1,718 (+24.0%)	$1,795 → $1,889 (+5.2%)

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

Plainfield

Population

43,11045,705

Median household income

$130,614$142,265

Median home value

$319,500$398,000

Median gross rent

$1,795$1,889

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bolingbrook	Plainfield
Under 5	5.4%	5.8%
5 to 17	18.6%	24.0%
18 to 24	10.7%	7.7%
25 to 34	12.2%	8.9%
35 to 44	14.2%	15.7%
45 to 54	14.0%	17.8%
55 to 64	12.4%	10.3%
65 to 74	8.2%	6.0%
75 and over	4.3%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolingbrook	Plainfield
White (non-Hispanic)	36.3%	68.8%
Black or African American	18.2%	8.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	13.9%	9.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	28.2%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolingbrook	Plainfield
No high school diploma	10.6%	4.6%
High school graduate	23.0%	15.4%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	36.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	18.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolingbrook	Plainfield
Drove alone	69.9%	70.6%
Carpooled	9.1%	4.5%
Public transit	2.1%	1.6%
Walked	1.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	15.7%	21.3%
Other means	1.9%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolingbrook	Plainfield
1-unit, detached	72.5%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	14.6%	12.6%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	3.0%
20 or more units	5.7%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Bolingbrook	Plainfield
Poverty rate	8.2%	4.1%
Average household size	3.09	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	30	34
Median year structure built	1989	2003