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Place dossier plate
SheetIL-BOLINGBROOK-IL · Bolingbrook, IL 73,813 pop · income 82nd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Bolingbrook
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Bolingbrook on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Bowling Green · lowest
48,419
Bowling Green · lowest
48,419 median HH income
30.7% of the leader · rank #1
Shenandoah · near
107,544
Shenandoah · near
107,544 median HH income
68.1% of the leader · rank #2
Bridgeville · near
107,548
Bridgeville · near
107,548 median HH income
68.1% of the leader · rank #3
Bolingbrook · this city
107,552
Bolingbrook · this city
107,552 median HH income
68.1% of the leader · rank #4
Monroe · near
107,556
Monroe · near
107,556 median HH income
68.1% of the leader · rank #5
Snowmass · near
107,559
Snowmass · near
107,559 median HH income
68.1% of the leader · rank #6
Ellicott · highest
157,891
Ellicott · highest
157,891 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Bolingbrook on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 73,813.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Bolingbrook - the verdict
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Bolingbrook places in the 82nd percentile for household income and the 66th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
82nd
percentile, household income
64th
percentile, home value
18th
percentile, median rent
66th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Bolingbrook, IL
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 73,813 residents in Bolingbrook, a small city within Illinois. Households in Bolingbrook report a median income of $107,552 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 7.1%. Typical homes in Bolingbrook are valued around $295,500, and the median resident age is 37.4 years. About 38.5% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 68.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 123 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Building Boom), up 86% from five years earlier. Bolingbrook reports a comparatively low crime rate: per-100,000 total crime stands at 961.2 in FBI UCR data, below the national average (a voluntary reporting program, read this as reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Illinois tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Illinois at 100.0 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Near Average). A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,063 per month statewide. Monthly utility costs average around $240 across Illinois, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. The average commute for Bolingbrook workers runs 25.0 minutes, with 69.9% driving alone and 15.7% working from home. Natural-hazard exposure scores 54.5 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Bolingbrook's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from reported crime to housing and income to comparison shortlist to population change to work and mobility to schools and households; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Bolingbrook, city-specific coverage includes FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, commute-mode shares, annual population history, local building permits.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Reported crime
What can the FBI record say about safety in Bolingbrook?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 961.2 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 58% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
How far does income reach against housing in Bolingbrook?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.7 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 7.1%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
Which cities make useful reference points for Bolingbrook?
Within Illinois, the closest population matches are Arlington Heights (76,220 residents, $118,532 income); Evanston (76,552 residents, $95,766 income); Schaumburg (76,780 residents, $94,690 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Ellicott, MD (73,737 residents); Lauderhill, FL (73,961 residents); Bowling Green, KY (73,638 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Is Bolingbrook growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +981 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +1.3% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 123 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Bolingbrook?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 69.9%. The reported mean trip to work is 25.0 minutes.
Public transit
2.1%
Work from home
15.7%
Drive alone
69.9%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 39,302 workers age 16+.
What does the education layer cover for Bolingbrook?
The NCES join finds 14 public schools within the city match. 38.5% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
Matched public schools
14
Bachelor's degree+
38.5%
Poverty estimate
7.1%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Illinois average
C
City profile score · Bolingbrook, IL
59/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Household income A-
$107,552
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share B
38.5%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate C-
7.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime C-
182 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Cost of living D
100.0 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Bolingbrook profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 80/100 (A-) · $107,552
Bachelor's+ share: 73/100 (B) · 38.5%
Poverty rate: 52/100 (C-) · 7.1%
Violent crime: 50/100 (C-) · 182 /100k
Cost of living: 40/100 (D) · 100.0 index
Where Bolingbrook sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Bolingbrook's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Bolingbrook highlighted among 9 peers.Read the chart values
Bolingbrook, IL (this city): home $295,500, crime 961/100k
Bowling Green, KY : home $232,100, crime 3,153/100k
Bismarck, ND : home $291,400, crime 2,678/100k
New Britain, CT : home $207,300, crime 2,347/100k
Arlington Heights, IL : home $403,200, crime 930/100k
Evanston, IL : home $472,300, crime 2,884/100k
Schaumburg, IL : home $312,200, crime 2,489/100k
Decatur, IL : home $97,300, crime 3,470/100k
Palatine, IL : home $347,900, crime 1,008/100k
How does Bolingbrook compare to other US cities?
Here's how Bolingbrook stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income82% higher than other cities
Home value64% pricier than other cities
Median rent18% pricier than other cities
Safety66% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Illinois, Bolingbrook ranks #233 of 455 Illinois cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Bolingbrook against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Illinois only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Illinois-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Bolingbrook near the bottom of Illinois's cities
Among the 1,336 Illinois cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Bolingbrook ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Bolingbrook only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#171 of 1,311
87th percentile in Illinois
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,336
0th percentile in Illinois
Median Home Value
#157 of 1,315
88th percentile in Illinois
Poverty Rate
#672 of 1,335
49th percentile in Illinois
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#198 of 1,336
85th percentile in Illinois
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Illinois only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
82nd percentile nationally for median household income · 66th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Bolingbrook's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Bolingbrook's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Bolingbrook's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$295,50036th percentilemore affordable than 36% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Bolingbrook's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.7×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#5,298 of 15,516
More affordable than 66% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#73 of 750
Mid-size cities (50,000–199,999)
At 2.7×, Bolingbrook sits in the affordable band:
national rank #5,298 of 15,516 and #73 of 750mid-size cities (50,000–199,999).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$107,552Bolingbrook, IL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Bolingbrook, IL median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Bolingbrook, IL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)38.5%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)7.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)68.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
73,813
Median Income
$107,552
Median Home Value
$295,500
Median Age
37.4
Poverty Rate
7.1%
Labor force participation
68.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
38.5%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
961.2
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
182.0
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
779.2
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
14
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Bolingbrook's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
73,822 residents
2021
73,723 residents
2022
74,153 residents
2023
74,390 residents
2024
74,770 residents
2025
74,803 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
123
housing units authorized
Single-Family
123
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
1.7
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
66
66
0
$10.9M
2020
61
61
0
$10.7M
2021
383
63
320
$47.6M
2022
83
83
0
$24.5M
2023
92
92
0
$26.6M
2024
123
123
0
$33.6M
Permit volume increased 86% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
25.0 minutes
Drive Alone
69.9%
Carpool
9.1%
Public Transit
2.1%
Walk
1.1%
Work from Home
15.7%
Other
2.1%
Based on 39,302 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Illinois statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $240
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Illinois at $240 (electricity about $100 , water and sewer about $50 ).
These are Illinois statewide averages, not a meter reading for Bolingbrook. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Illinois's BEA cost-of-living index is 100.0 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Bolingbrook is $1,063/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Illinois statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 54.5 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Illinois statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Bolingbrook sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Bolingbrook compares to similar-size Illinois cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.