Plainfield vs Romeoville

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

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

Plainfield has the higher population (45,705 vs 40,996 in Romeoville). Plainfield has the higher median household income ($142,265 vs $100,022 in Romeoville). Plainfield has the higher median home value ($398,000 vs $245,200 in Romeoville).

Population, income & housing

	Plainfield	Romeoville
Population	45,705	40,996
Median age	37.3 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$142,265	$100,022
Median home value	$398,000	$245,200
Median gross rent	$1,889	$1,892
Housing units	14,499	13,662
Homeownership rate	88.7%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.9%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plainfield	Romeoville
Population	43,110 → 45,705 (+6.0%)	39,666 → 40,996 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$130,614 → $142,265 (+8.9%)	$79,183 → $100,022 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$319,500 → $398,000 (+24.6%)	$186,100 → $245,200 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,795 → $1,889 (+5.2%)	$1,552 → $1,892 (+21.9%)

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

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)

	Plainfield	Romeoville
Under 5	5.8%	6.2%
5 to 17	24.0%	16.0%
18 to 24	7.7%	12.3%
25 to 34	8.9%	14.8%
35 to 44	15.7%	12.6%
45 to 54	17.8%	14.4%
55 to 64	10.3%	12.0%
65 to 74	6.0%	5.8%
75 and over	3.8%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plainfield	Romeoville
White (non-Hispanic)	68.8%	42.7%
Black or African American	8.4%	12.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	9.3%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	35.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plainfield	Romeoville
No high school diploma	4.6%	16.7%
High school graduate	15.4%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	36.0%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	18.9%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plainfield	Romeoville
Drove alone	70.6%	72.8%
Carpooled	4.5%	12.7%
Public transit	1.6%	2.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	21.3%	10.9%
Other means	1.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plainfield	Romeoville
1-unit, detached	79.1%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	12.6%	16.9%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	7.2%
20 or more units	3.2%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Plainfield	Romeoville
Poverty rate	4.1%	5.8%
Average household size	3.20	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	34	32
Median year structure built	2003	1998