Joliet vs New Lenox

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

Joliet and New Lenox 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 27,456 in New Lenox). New Lenox has the higher median household income ($133,071 vs $88,026 in Joliet). New Lenox has the higher median home value ($377,500 vs $248,600 in Joliet).

Population, income & housing

	Joliet	New Lenox
Population	149,785	27,456
Median age	35.3 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$88,026	$133,071
Median home value	$248,600	$377,500
Median gross rent	$1,237	$1,244
Housing units	53,636	9,473
Homeownership rate	73.1%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	45.5%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Joliet	New Lenox
Population	147,826 → 149,785 (+1.3%)	26,454 → 27,456 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$70,509 → $88,026 (+24.8%)	$110,313 → $133,071 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$181,100 → $248,600 (+37.3%)	$294,800 → $377,500 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,033 → $1,237 (+19.7%)	$1,143 → $1,244 (+8.8%)

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

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)

	Joliet	New Lenox
Under 5	6.1%	8.4%
5 to 17	19.4%	20.4%
18 to 24	10.7%	7.4%
25 to 34	13.4%	9.6%
35 to 44	14.4%	17.4%
45 to 54	14.8%	12.2%
55 to 64	10.3%	12.3%
65 to 74	7.0%	8.0%
75 and over	3.9%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Joliet	New Lenox
White (non-Hispanic)	43.5%	89.6%
Black or African American	16.7%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	34.7%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Joliet	New Lenox
No high school diploma	15.1%	1.7%
High school graduate	29.4%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	17.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Joliet	New Lenox
Drove alone	79.7%	75.7%
Carpooled	9.7%	5.6%
Public transit	1.6%	3.5%
Walked	0.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.3%	14.2%
Other means	0.9%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Joliet	New Lenox
1-unit, detached	69.9%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	10.5%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	4.2%
20 or more units	6.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Joliet	New Lenox
Poverty rate	11.0%	2.1%
Average household size	2.90	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	29	33
Median year structure built	1986	1997