Best PlacesBolingbrook, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bolingbrook, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Bolingbrook ranks 997th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bolingbrook
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Bolingbrook's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bolingbrook ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 96% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 90% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 90% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than 89% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 81% of cities
Where Bolingbrook ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 3% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 5% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 6% of cities
- School gradeC−, better than only 14% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 21% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Bolingbrook
A household needs to earn about $101,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bolingbrook home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $117,932, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Bolingbrook's effective rate of 2.28%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bolingbrook
Bolingbrook runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bolingbrook.
Who works in Bolingbrook, and how
Work in Bolingbrook centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Bolingbrook
Bolingbrook has more restaurants and bars per resident than 72% of cities and more parkland per resident than 94% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Bolingbrook and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bolingbrook, month by month
Bolingbrook sees roughly 79 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 26° | 20° |
| April | 60° | 49° | 40° |
| July | 84° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 65° | 54° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Bolingbrook
Chicago Midway International sits about 19 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 9.4 million passengers in 2025, with 113 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Bolingbrook
Schools across Bolingbrook average a C−, better than 14% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Meadow Glens Elementary SchoolA+ · 74% proficient
- River Woods Elementary SchoolA− · 59% proficient
- V Blanche Graham ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kennedy Junior High SchoolA+ · 68% proficient
- Gordon Gregory Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
- Lincoln Jr High SchoolB+ · 49% proficient
Top high schools
- Neuqua Valley High SchoolA− · 66% proficient
- Naperville Central High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Lemont Twp High SchoolB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bolingbrook school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bolingbrook measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Bolingbrook against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Bolingbrook suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 76% of cities and 18% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Bolingbrook
Is Bolingbrook a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bolingbrook ranks 997th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on few empty homes, low disaster risk, and cell coverage, and lowest on property taxes and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bolingbrook expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $320,377. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $117,932 median income, cost of living beats 76% of cities.
Is Bolingbrook safe?
Bolingbrook is safer than 43% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $263 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Bolingbrook?
July highs average about 84 degrees, and January highs near 32 with lows near 20. That works out to about 79 pleasant days a year, more than 42% of cities.
Is Bolingbrook good for families?
Schools beat 14% of cities, crime safety beats 43%, and childcare runs $1,356 a month.
Compare Bolingbrook with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bolingbrook. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bolingbrook represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Bolingbrook detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bolingbrook: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bolingbrook: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bolingbrook: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bolingbrook: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bolingbrook detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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