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.

Romeoville has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Romeoville, where the median household income is $60,738.

Unlike some villages where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Romeoville is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce 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.

In Romeoville, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.45 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Romeoville is a small village, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Romeoville Information and Demographics

The citizens of Romeoville are slightly better educated than the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns, with 19.33% of adults in Romeoville having a bachelor's degree or advanced 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.