Joliet vs Romeoville

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

Joliet and Romeoville 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 40,996 in Romeoville). Romeoville has the higher median household income ($100,022 vs $88,026 in Joliet). Joliet has the higher median home value ($248,600 vs $245,200 in Romeoville).

Population, income & housing

	Joliet	Romeoville
Population	149,785	40,996
Median age	35.3 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$88,026	$100,022
Median home value	$248,600	$245,200
Median gross rent	$1,237	$1,892
Housing units	53,636	13,662
Homeownership rate	73.1%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Joliet	Romeoville
Population	147,826 → 149,785 (+1.3%)	39,666 → 40,996 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$70,509 → $88,026 (+24.8%)	$79,183 → $100,022 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$181,100 → $248,600 (+37.3%)	$186,100 → $245,200 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,033 → $1,237 (+19.7%)	$1,552 → $1,892 (+21.9%)

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

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)

	Joliet	Romeoville
Under 5	6.1%	6.2%
5 to 17	19.4%	16.0%
18 to 24	10.7%	12.3%
25 to 34	13.4%	14.8%
35 to 44	14.4%	12.6%
45 to 54	14.8%	14.4%
55 to 64	10.3%	12.0%
65 to 74	7.0%	5.8%
75 and over	3.9%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Joliet	Romeoville
White (non-Hispanic)	43.5%	42.7%
Black or African American	16.7%	12.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	34.7%	35.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Joliet	Romeoville
No high school diploma	15.1%	16.7%
High school graduate	29.4%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Joliet	Romeoville
Drove alone	79.7%	72.8%
Carpooled	9.7%	12.7%
Public transit	1.6%	2.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.3%	10.9%
Other means	0.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Joliet	Romeoville
1-unit, detached	69.9%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	16.9%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	7.2%
20 or more units	6.0%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Joliet	Romeoville
Poverty rate	11.0%	5.8%
Average household size	2.90	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	29	32
Median year structure built	1986	1998