Village · Grundy County, Illinois

Minooka, Illinois

Minooka is a village in Grundy County, Illinois, part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area. It has 12,891 residents. Minooka, Illinois has a quality-of-life score of 66 out of 100 (high), ranking #5,336 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Illinois it ranks #191 of 697 cities and towns. It ranks best on job growth (high), child poverty rate (low) and uninsured residents (under 65) (low). It ranks worst on effective property tax rate (high), average commute time (high) and suicide rate (high).

66High

Quality-of-life score: #5,336 of 15,651 cities and towns
Illinois: #191 of 697 in IL
Population: 12,891 (2020-2024)
Land area: 9 mi²
Density: 1,416.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 1749607

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety71#4,487/15,637
Economy94#976/15,631
Housing58#6,343/14,977
Health70#4,749/15,609
Healthcare58#6,594/15,650
Environment15#13,204/15,453
Education39#9,599/15,649
Infrastructure70#4,717/15,650
Community59#6,393/15,651
Leisure & amenities59#6,432/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Minooka, Illinois ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Grundy County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Job growth · high6.4%
99/100Illinois 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataGrundy County value
Child poverty rate · low2.0%
98/100Illinois 14.1%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High uncertainty
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low1.4%
95/100Illinois 8.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010High uncertainty
Poverty rate · low2.6%
94/100Illinois 11.5%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Primary care shortage · low0.0
90/100Illinois 6.6United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationGrundy County value
Violent crime rate · low86 /100k
90/100Illinois 251 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationGrundy County value

Weaknesses

Effective property tax rate · high2.12%
5/100Illinois 1.88%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Average commute time · high31.8 min
10/100Illinois 27.8 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Suicide rate · high24.3 /100k
10/100Illinois 11.7 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataGrundy County value
Primary care physicians · low36 /100k
17/100Illinois 82 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGrundy County value
Grocery stores · low1.1 /10k
19/100Illinois 1.9 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsGrundy County value
Dentists · low37 /100k
19/100Illinois 86 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGrundy County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
11,094 (2015-2019) → 12,891 (2020-2024)
+16%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedImproving
1.2 /1k (2021) → 3.3 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+170%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
33.3% (2015-2019) → 41.1% (2020-2024)
+7.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Median household incomeImproving
$92,902 (2015-2019) → $115,445 (2020-2024)
+24%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.3× (2015-2019) → 2.7× (2020-2024)
+20%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
93.0% (2015-2019) → 96.1% (2020-2024)
+3.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Minooka, Illinois improved on 1 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Household income+24%$92,902 → $115,445

Declined1

Price / income+0.4×2.3× → 2.7×

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Minooka, Illinois between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	32.7 min2015-2019	31.8 min2020-2024	−1.0 min	Within the margin of error	59%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.6%2015-2019	30.4%2020-2024	−2.3 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Broadband subscriptions	93.0%2015-2019	96.1%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Effective property tax rate	2.37%2015-2019	2.12%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	66%
High school diploma or higher	95.8%2015-2019	94.7%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Home price to income ratio	2.3×2015-2019	2.7×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	51%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3412015-2019	0.3652020-2024	+0.023	Within the margin of error	31%
Median household income	$92,9022015-2019	$115,4452020-2024	+24%	Improved	42%
Poverty rate	5.0%2015-2019	2.6%2020-2024	−2.4 points	Within the margin of error	65%
Rent-burdened households	56.0%2015-2019	57.8%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Unemployment rate	4.7%2015-2019	4.2%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	58%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Minooka, Illinois five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Minooka, Illinois in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Minooka, Illinois itself moved −4.9 points in standing on average over the same 9 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

12,891 residents (±693)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

4,126 households (±285)

Minooka, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $25k4.5%†186
$25k–50k8.8%†363
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

4,126 households (±285)

Minooka, Illinois
Illinois share

Own92%3,780
Rent8.4%†346

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

6,695 workers (±624)

Minooka, Illinois
Illinois share

Drive alone82%5,474
Carpool6.1%†406
Public transit0.6%†

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Grundy County, the county holding most of Minooka's residents.

Grundy County has 1,202 employer establishments, 224 for every 10,000 residents (0.90× the US rate of 248; 0.88× Illinois's), with 17,169 paid employees at an average annual pay of $60,715. The Census Bureau also counts 3,548 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,202; 3,548 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 224; US 248 · Illinois 255
Paid employees: 17,169
Average annual pay: $60,715; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Grundy County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	123	23	1.10×About typical	920	$72,980	127
Restaurants and other eating places	102	19	1.04×About typical	1,713	$18,563	14
Specialty trade contractors	96	17.9	1.16×About typical	821	$83,281	235
Truck transportation	52	9.7	1.92×More than typical	297	$90,088	141
Limited-service restaurants	50	9.3	1.16×About typical	969	$17,976	9
Offices of physicians	50	9.3	1.44×More than typical	413	$100,656	19
Full-service restaurants	43	8	1.05×About typical	620	$18,866	4
Offices of other health practitioners	43	8	1.32×More than typical	186	$44,624	72
Automotive repair and maintenance	40	7.5	1.48×More than typical	198	$45,096	55
Building equipment contractors	34	6.3	1.06×About typical	561	$85,193	32
Construction of buildings	33	6.2	0.82×About typical	121	$77,207	72
Gasoline stations	32	6	1.84×More than typical	502	$33,078	—

Rank places for an industry Open Grundy County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 53,550 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $21.2K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Minooka, Illinois: $1.65 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $21.2K
Per resident: $1.65; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$21.2K100%

Top recipients

OSCO INC$21.2K100%

Spending by fiscal year

3.7KFY2017
132.5FY2018
4.9KFY2019
-1KFY2020
0FY2021
5.7KFY2022
21.2KFY2026

What was bought

Fuel$21.2K

Top industries (NAICS)

Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers · 4247$21.2K100%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Minooka, Illinois, so they do not add up across cities.

Minooka, Illinois's figures are part of those of Grundy County, IL, Will County, IL and Kendall County, IL ($188.4M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Minooka is mostly in Grundy County.

See federal money in Grundy County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Minooka, Illinois is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN66

Other cities and towns in Grundy County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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