Romeoville is a medium-sized village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 21,142 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Romeoville is the 105th largest community in Illinois.

There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Romeoville, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Romeoville, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Romeoville's real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. The village does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income in Romeoville is $60,738.

Unlike some villages, Romeoville isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Romeoville are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Romeoville is a village of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Romeoville who work in office and administrative support jobs (20.02%), sales jobs (11.48%), and management occupations (7.75%).

Also of interest is that Romeoville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One downside of living in Romeoville, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.45 minutes every day commuting to work.

As is often the case in a small village, Romeoville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Romeoville Information and Demographics

The population of Romeoville overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 14.96%. Of adults 25 and older in Romeoville, 19.33% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Romeoville in 2000 was $21,221, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $84,884 for a family of four. However, Romeoville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Romeoville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Romeoville home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Romeoville is White, followed by African-American. Romeoville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.06% of the village's residents. Important ancestries of people in Romeoville include German, Irish, Polish, Italian, and English.

The most common language spoken in Romeoville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.