New Lenox vs Romeoville

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

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

Romeoville has the higher population (40,996 vs 27,456 in New Lenox). New Lenox has the higher median household income ($133,071 vs $100,022 in Romeoville). New Lenox has the higher median home value ($377,500 vs $245,200 in Romeoville).

Population, income & housing

	New Lenox	Romeoville
Population	27,456	40,996
Median age	37.3 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$133,071	$100,022
Median home value	$377,500	$245,200
Median gross rent	$1,244	$1,892
Housing units	9,473	13,662
Homeownership rate	91.2%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.5%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Lenox	Romeoville
Population	26,454 → 27,456 (+3.8%)	39,666 → 40,996 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$110,313 → $133,071 (+20.6%)	$79,183 → $100,022 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$294,800 → $377,500 (+28.1%)	$186,100 → $245,200 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,143 → $1,244 (+8.8%)	$1,552 → $1,892 (+21.9%)

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

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)

	New Lenox	Romeoville
Under 5	8.4%	6.2%
5 to 17	20.4%	16.0%
18 to 24	7.4%	12.3%
25 to 34	9.6%	14.8%
35 to 44	17.4%	12.6%
45 to 54	12.2%	14.4%
55 to 64	12.3%	12.0%
65 to 74	8.0%	5.8%
75 and over	4.3%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Lenox	Romeoville
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	42.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	12.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	35.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Lenox	Romeoville
No high school diploma	1.7%	16.7%
High school graduate	23.1%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Lenox	Romeoville
Drove alone	75.7%	72.8%
Carpooled	5.6%	12.7%
Public transit	3.5%	2.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	14.2%	10.9%
Other means	0.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Lenox	Romeoville
1-unit, detached	81.0%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	10.5%	16.9%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	7.2%
20 or more units	0.5%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	New Lenox	Romeoville
Poverty rate	2.1%	5.8%
Average household size	2.99	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	33	32
Median year structure built	1997	1998