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Joliet, IL

148,806 Population
64.2 square miles 2,319.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.4 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 38 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$30,849 ±$2,049 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: $40,144 ±$321
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $37,728 ±$260
$71,284 ±$3,967 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: $75,379 ±$696
  • a little higher than the amount in Illinois: $69,187 ±$585

10.9% ±0.9% (15,748  ±1,274) Persons below poverty line * ACS 2019 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 11.8% 1,105,111 (±0.1% / ±13,127)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 12.5% 1,557,873 (±0.1% / ±15,279)

30.7 minutes ±0.6 (2,152,690  ±60,064) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2019 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 32 141,608,425 (±0.1 / ±549,149)
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 29.2 170,463,115 (±0.1 / ±604,223)

Families

48,724 ±2,507 Number of households
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 3,539,174 ±8,877
  • Illinois: 4,866,006 ±12,627
3 ±0.2 (145,854  ±7,006) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 2.6 9,296,823 (±0 / ±5,724)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,375,014 (±0)

3.4% ±1.6% (1,348  ±653) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 5% 115,309 (±0.3% / ±6,107)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,037 (±0.2% / ±6,353)

Housing

52,516 ±2,503 Number of housing units
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 3,869,464 ±2,169
  • Illinois: 5,388,210 ±605

$205,600 ±$6,021 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: $253,800 ±$1,846
  • about the same as the amount in Illinois: $209,100 ±$1,514

11.6% ±2.7% (17,195  ±4,032.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 11.9% 1,112,506 (±0.3% / ±28,969.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 12.1% 1,522,480 (±0.3% / ±33,672.9)

Social

86.2% ±3.4% (81,366  ±4,849.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 89.4% 5,795,555 (±0.6% / ±37,538)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 89.9% 7,812,057 (±0.5% / ±41,528.9)
24.3% ±2.7% (22,980  ±2,763.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 39.3% 2,544,458 (±0.4% / ±23,262.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 35.8% 3,108,972 (±0.3% / ±24,241.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

14.6% ±1.9% (21,774  ±2,965) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 17.6% 1,661,568 (±0.3% / ±24,994)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 13.9% 1,766,492 (±0.2% / ±24,346)

5.9% ±1% (6,524  ±1,172) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 4.4% 318,199 (±0.1% / ±8,881)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 5.4% 526,153 (±0.1% / ±9,859)
6,524 Total veterans ±1,172 6,203 Male ±1,123 321 Female ±257

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