Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A city of 74,803, settled in 1970.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Bolingbrook grades B overall, ranked 395th of 767 in Illinois. The catch is cost: homes are expensive, about $370K for a typical one and 4.1 times the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. On hazard risk, just 78 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns do better. Bolingbrook's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 89% of U.S. towns. Only 101 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns score lower on history.
Where Bolingbrook beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Bolingbrook is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 7,651 in 1970, 73,922 in 2020. The archive holds 32 old photos and papers going back to 2006 and 7 maps from 1892 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bolingbrook. Close and well known come first.
Big draw28 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw30 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw28 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw26 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw26 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
Big draw28 mi MuseumArt Institute of Chicago1.5M visitors a yearSoldier Field: Photo by Joon Han Contact: [email protected], CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wrigley Field: Ryan Dickey, CC BY 2.0 · Barack Obama Presidential Center: AlphaBeta135, CC0 · Rate Field: User Enoch Lai on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · United Center: User:JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Art Institute of Chicago: ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Bolingbrook, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Bolingbrook.
Bolingbrook carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of Illinois (mostly inland flooding) and trades workers with Chicago and other neighbors, but it reports more crime than Romeoville and its other graded neighbors.
10 miles of trail in 58 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Whalon Lake Park, at 215 acres.
| Bolingbrook | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 5.7% | 3.6% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Central Park | 0.8 mi | 69 |
| 2. Knights of Columbus Park | 0.7 mi | 20 |
| 3. Gateway Wetlands | 0.6 mi | 48 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 90% of Illinois towns, with expected losses of about $399 per resident a year; that rating is what its A− for hazard risk is built on.
Bolingbrook’s FEMA risk score is 20 of 100, where Illinois’ towns sit at 50 of 100 and U.S. towns at 44 of 100. Since 1983, 38 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Bolingbrook.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Bolingbrook’s median rent is $1,749 a month, above both Illinois’ towns ($1,128 a month) and U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). The typical Bolingbrook home is worth about $370,000, up 3.3% in a year, 25% above the Illinois typical home.
| Bolingbrook | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,749 a month | $1,128 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 79% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Bolingbrook has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 16° and about 29 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Against the 7,389 U.S. towns with household incomes like Bolingbrook’s, it is less healthy than 63%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Bolingbrook beats the Illinois average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 18% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Bolingbrook.
| Bolingbrook | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 22% | 23% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 35% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 33% | 33% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Bolingbrook | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.6% | 7.6% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 4.8% | 5.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Bolingbrook has about as many jobs (38,643) as working residents, but only 3,993 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Bolingbrook for work: only 11% work in town. Bolingbrook’s median household income is $108,000. Since 2013, Bolingbrook has added 7,004 jobs, to 38,643 in 2023.
| Bolingbrook | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 17% | 11% | 11% |
| Median household income | $108,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 11% | 8.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
People 65 and older are 13% of residents (17% statewide). 40% of Bolingbrook adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more.
| Bolingbrook | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 13% | 19% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 40% | 29% | 29% |
| Median age | 37.2 years | 40.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 24% | 22% | 22% |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.1 points. Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women. Median age: women 38.2, men 36.0.
| Bolingbrook | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.1% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10.3% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.8% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.5% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.5% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.1% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.6% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 10% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 22.6% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.3% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.5% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24.9% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 14.7% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Bolingbrook is safe by national standards, yet each of the 4 graded towns on its borders reports less crime per resident, from Romeoville (B) to Plainfield (A−). At 16 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 57% of Illinois’s graded towns.
The violent crime rate in Bolingbrook is 2.2 per 1,000 residents.
| Bolingbrook | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.2 per 1,000 residents | 1 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 6.6 per 1,000 residents | 7.9 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
13 within 15 miles of the center of Bolingbrook
About 6 of every 100 Bolingbrook residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
Village in Illinois, United States
Bolingbrook is a village in Will and DuPage counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is a southwest suburb of Chicago on I-55 and Historic Route 66 (Frontage Road). The village was a new town built on the Gateway Wetlands west of the Des Plaines River in the 1960s. Bolingbrook experienced rapid growth in the 1980s and 1990s, eventually becoming Will County's second-largest town after Joliet. Per the 2020 census, the population was 73,922. As of 2010, it is the 17th-largest incorporated place in Illinois and the state's second-largest village.
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6 towns share a border with Bolingbrook.
All 6 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its B; Du Page Township (B) is closest.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolingbrook | #395 | B | D | B | B+ | B |
| Woodridge | #100 | A | D | A− | A− | A |
| Romeoville | #379 | B | C− | B | B | B |
| Naperville | #46 | A+ | D | B+ | A | A+ |
| Plainfield | #183 | A− | D | A− | B+ | A |
| Du Page Township | #388 | B | C− | — | B | B+ |
| Lisle Township | #71 | A | D | — | A | A+ |
Du Page Township and Lisle Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Bolingbrook with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Bolingbrook grades B overall, better than 61% of U.S. towns and #395 of 767 in Illinois. It grades B for health, B for safety and B+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
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