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Joliet, IL
151,837 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 1738570 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Joliet ranked #80 of 340 cities and 7th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Joliet and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Aurora IL, Elgin IL, Broken Arrow OK, Lakewood CO, Olathe KS, Westminster CO, Lewisville TX, Grand Prairie TX, Mesquite TX, West Jordan UT, Sterling Heights MI, Arvada CO, Suffolk VA · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #80 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #70 | #76 | #69 | #70 | #147 | #171 | #155 | #223 | #240 | #187 | #184 | #178 | #101 | #149 | #193 | #142 | #70 | #136 | #80 | #84 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 134,523 | 139,912 | 143,492 | 145,621 | 146,703 | 147,524 | 147,771 | 148,084 | 147,749 | 147,592 | 147,432 | 147,802 | 147,821 | 147,730 | 147,344 | 150,352 | 150,750 | 150,449 | 151,081 | 151,837 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #135 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group | +2.5 | +2.7 | +1.1 | +0.3 | -0.2 | — | -0.5 | -0.5 | -0.4 | -0.4 | -0.5 | -0.2 | -0.2 | -0.3 | -0.4 | -0.1 | +0.0 | -0.5 | -0.1 | -0.1 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #162 of 271 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group | 15.0 | 11.2 | 5.5 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 2.3 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #3 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | 14.9% | 15.3% | 16.6% | 15.0% | 17.9% | 18.3% | 17.4% | 16.5% | 18.2% | 18.5% | 19.0% | 18.5% | 18.0% | 16.4% | 16.7% | — | 17.3% | 15.4% | 18.7% | 14.9% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #86 of 309 cities with data · 5th of 13 in its peer group with data · 2023 | 8.2 | 10.0 | 6.3 | 3.4 | 8.2 | 7.5 | 5.4 | 7.4 | 6.8 | 5.4 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 10.1 | 5.4 | 11.5 | — | 0.7 | 1.3 | 3.3 | — | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #174 of 295 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 53.1 | 137.6 | 102.6 | 81.0 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 46,266 | 47,298 | 48,737 | 48,714 | 49,856 | 50,271 | 55,364 | 54,910 | 53,644 | 51,387 | 52,174 | 51,869 | 55,598 | 53,833 | 54,585 | 51,669 | 53,408 | 52,029 | 55,020 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #34 of 329 cities with data · 1st of 13 in its peer group with data · 2023 | +0.1 | +0.8 | +0.7 | -0.2 | +6.0 | +0.4 | +7.9 | -1.9 | -3.5 | -5.6 | -0.0 | -2.5 | +7.0 | -4.0 | +1.1 | +1.4 | +2.8 | -7.5 | +3.4 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 69,682 | 70,300 | 69,169 | 71,909 | 72,598 | 70,921 | 73,951 | 75,999 | 75,130 | — | 76,329 | 73,997 | 79,396 | 83,525 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #52 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12.7% | 10.0% | 11.6% | 6.7% | 6.7% | 5.8% | 5.2% | 6.5% | 5.1% | — | 7.9% | 4.7% | 4.3% | 3.5% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #126 of 314 cities with data · 5th of 14 in its peer group | 17% | 16% | 14% | 16% | 2% | 4% | 12% | 14% | 16% | 17% | 14% | 15% | 36% | 37% | 17% | 17% | 16% | 26% | 34% | 27% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #169 of 314 cities with data · 10th of 14 in its peer group | $1,111 | $940 | $848 | $810 | $766 | $687 | $601 | $571 | $572 | $524 | $533 | $702 | $729 | $880 | $1,146 | $1,311 | $1,428 | $1,399 | $2,435 | $2,902 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Joliet. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.