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Village in Illinois, United States
73,922Population
24.3 sq miArea
702 ftElevation

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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ZIP code60440, 60490
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$372K▲ 2.9% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Bolingbrook home is worth about $372,000, up 2.9% in a year, 25% above the Illinois typical home.

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Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s
Days on market44
Sale-to-list100.8%
Sold in May77
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B

Safety Grade B

Bolingbrook reports less crime per resident than 58% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.

Violent crime per 1,000
Bolingbrook 2.2
Illinois 2.6
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Bolingbrook 6.6
Illinois 15.6
U.S. 15.5
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