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Joliet city, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
Joliet city is a Census city of 150,445 people across 66.29 square miles of land, lying across Will County and Kendall County. Median household income is $92,201, 73.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 80 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $68.3 m.
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Joliet
What Joliet is
- Census place typecity
- Land area66.29 sq mi
- Water area0.74 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,270
- County holding the largest share of its areaWill County, 85.1 percent
- Counties this place lies inWill County 85.1 percent, Kendall County 14.9 percent
Joliet city crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Joliet
How many people live in Joliet
- Population150,445
- Median age35.8
- Population under 1836,663
- Share under 1824.4 percent
- Population 65 and over17,319
- Share 65 and over11.5 percent
- Households51,055
- Family households36,052
- Share of households that are families70.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Joliet
Income and work in Joliet
- Median household income$92,201
- Per capita income$36,812
- Civilian labor force81,537
- Employed77,092
- Unemployed4,445
- Unemployment rate5.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over97,689
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher85.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher25.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree10.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Joliet
Housing in Joliet
- Housing units53,814
- Occupied units51,055
- Vacant units2,759
- Vacancy rate5.1 percent
- Owner occupied37,640
- Renter occupied13,415
- Ownership rate73.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$265,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,276
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.6 percent
- Single family units42,467
- Share single family78.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more11,011
- Share in buildings of two or more20.5 percent
- Mobile homes281 plus or minus 115
- Median year structure built1985
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Joliet
How Joliet gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute68,817
- Commuting under 15 minutes13,953
- Share commuting under 15 minutes20.3 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more29,843
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more43.4 percent
- Drove alone77.5 percent
- Carpooled10.5 percent
- Public transport1.3 percent plus or minus 0.3
- Walked0.6 percent plus or minus 0.2
- Worked from home8.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Joliet
SBA loans in Joliet (7(a))
- Approvals80
- Gross approval$68,310,400
- Average approval$853,880
- Median approval$300,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$3,200,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported761
- Jobs per approval9.5
- Loans with a final outcome21
- Paid in full21
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more23.8 percent
- Share to franchises16.3 percent
- Distinct lenders30
- Distinct industries by NAICS42
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Joliet
SBA loans in Joliet (504)
- Approvals72
- Gross approval$65,193,000
- Average approval$905,458
- Median approval$609,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported706
- Loans with a final outcome27
- Charged off4
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans14.8 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs4
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Joliet
Flood risk in Joliet
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number170702
- Currently effective map date02/15/19
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Will County, not Joliet
Will County context, not Joliet figures
These are Will County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Joliet measurements.
- Establishments in Will County17,085
- Employment at those establishments, Will County267,545
- Covered employment, Will County263,673
- Average annual pay, Will County$60,570
- Average weekly wage, Will County$1,165
- Housing units permitted, Will County2,002
- Of those, single family, Will County1,464
- County product, 2024, Will County$50,332,938,000
- County product change over the prior year, Will County3.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Will County$80,186
Every figure in this section is published for Will County as a whole and is not a measurement of Joliet. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Joliet questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Joliet, Illinois?
150,445, in 51,055 households. Joliet city covers 66.29 square miles of land, which is 2,270 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Joliet in?
Joliet lies in more than one. By area it is 85.1 percent in Will County, 14.9 percent in Kendall County. This page sits under Will County because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in Joliet?
$92,201. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $265,800. Median gross rent is $1,276 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Joliet businesses?
80 7(a) approvals totalling $68.3 m, across 30 lenders, median approval $300,000, plus 72 504 approvals worth $65.2 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Joliet, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Joliet borrowers get paid back?
Of the 21 loans that have reached a final outcome, 21 were paid in full and 0 charged off, a charge off rate of 0.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Joliet in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Joliet appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 170702, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Joliet figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Will County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Joliet.
Is zoning published for Joliet?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.