Bolingbrook vs Romeoville

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

Bolingbrook and Romeoville 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 40,996 in Romeoville). Bolingbrook has the higher median household income ($107,552 vs $100,022 in Romeoville). Bolingbrook has the higher median home value ($295,500 vs $245,200 in Romeoville).

Population, income & housing

	Bolingbrook	Romeoville
Population	73,813	40,996
Median age	37.4 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$107,552	$100,022
Median home value	$295,500	$245,200
Median gross rent	$1,718	$1,892
Housing units	24,273	13,662
Homeownership rate	79.0%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.5%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolingbrook	Romeoville
Population	74,431 → 73,813 (-0.8%)	39,666 → 40,996 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$91,290 → $107,552 (+17.8%)	$79,183 → $100,022 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$223,600 → $295,500 (+32.2%)	$186,100 → $245,200 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,386 → $1,718 (+24.0%)	$1,552 → $1,892 (+21.9%)

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

Romeoville

Population

39,66640,996

Median household income

$79,183$100,022

Median home value

$186,100$245,200

Median gross rent

$1,552$1,892

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bolingbrook	Romeoville
Under 5	5.4%	6.2%
5 to 17	18.6%	16.0%
18 to 24	10.7%	12.3%
25 to 34	12.2%	14.8%
35 to 44	14.2%	12.6%
45 to 54	14.0%	14.4%
55 to 64	12.4%	12.0%
65 to 74	8.2%	5.8%
75 and over	4.3%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolingbrook	Romeoville
White (non-Hispanic)	36.3%	42.7%
Black or African American	18.2%	12.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	13.9%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	28.2%	35.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolingbrook	Romeoville
No high school diploma	10.6%	16.7%
High school graduate	23.0%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolingbrook	Romeoville
Drove alone	69.9%	72.8%
Carpooled	9.1%	12.7%
Public transit	2.1%	2.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	15.7%	10.9%
Other means	1.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolingbrook	Romeoville
1-unit, detached	72.5%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	14.6%	16.9%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	7.2%
20 or more units	5.7%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bolingbrook	Romeoville
Poverty rate	8.2%	5.8%
Average household size	3.09	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1989	1998