Romeoville · Will County · IL
Homes for sale in
Romeoville.
- Active listings
- 42
- Median list
- $315K
- Avg time on market
- 11 days
- Sold · last year
- 48
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About the community
Living in Romeoville.
Romeoville is a village in Will County, Illinois, located about 26 miles southwest of Chicago directly west of the Des Plaines River. Once a small river port along the Illinois and Michigan Canal, it grew into one of the fastest-growing communities in Illinois during the 1990s and 2000s, reaching a 2020 population of 39,863. Today it blends affordable suburban housing, a typical home value around $319,000, with a strong commercial and logistics base and major employers like Amazon, CITGO, and Lewis University. Families are served by Valley View Community Unit School District 365U, while Lewis University and its airport anchor the village's higher-education and aviation presence. With I-55 and Weber Road access, Metra Heritage Corridor commuter rail, and the Isle a la Cache Museum on the river, Romeoville offers both convenience and a distinctive sense of place.
At a glance
About 39,863 residents
Roughly 39,863 at the 2020 census, up rapidly from about 21,000 in 2000.
Valley View District 365U
A PreK-12 district shared with Bolingbrook, including Romeoville High School.
Lewis University
A Catholic university founded near town in 1934, with its own airport and aviation programs.
Metra Heritage Corridor
The Romeoville station on the Heritage Corridor line to Chicago Union Station opened in February 2018.
I-55 at Weber Road
Interstate 55 at Weber Road plus IL-53 (Historic Route 66) and nearby I-355.
Home value near $319,000
The typical home value is about $319,260, up roughly 3 percent over the past year.
Income near $100,000
The median household income is about $100,022 per the latest estimate.
Stone City heritage
Historic limestone quarries supplied stone for major regional buildings.
What’s close
Romeoville sits in northern Will County in Chicago's southwest suburbs, hugging the west bank of the Des Plaines River about 26 miles from downtown Chicago, with fast I-55 access to Naperville, Joliet, and the city.
- County
- Will County, Illinois.
- Region
- Chicago southwest suburbs, about 26 miles southwest of downtown Chicago.
- ZIP codes
- 60446 and 60491.
- Highways
- Interstate 55 at Weber Road, IL-53 (Historic Route 66), with I-355 nearby.
- Water
- Bordered by the Des Plaines River and shaped by the historic Illinois and Michigan Canal.
- Area
- About 20.16 square miles total, of which roughly 19.13 square miles is land.
What it’s actually like to live here
Recreation is central to life in Romeoville. The village runs the Romeoville Recreation Center at 900 W. Romeo Road, which houses the Fit 4 Life Fitness Center and the Romeoville Aquatic Center. The newer Romeoville Athletic and Event Center at 55 Phelps Avenue is an award-winning indoor complex with more than 99,000 square feet of column-free turf fields, hard courts, party rooms, and expo space. The village also maintains a network of neighborhood parks and facilities supporting youth sports, swim lessons, and year-round programming.
Beyond village facilities, residents enjoy the Isle a la Cache Museum, a free Forest Preserve District of Will County museum on an island in the Des Plaines River that interprets 18th-century French voyageur and Potawatomi fur-trade history across a 107-acre preserve with a canoe and kayak launch. Golfers head to Mistwood Golf Club at 1700 W. Renwick Road, a public course recognized by national golf publications and known for its St. Andrews-style sod-wall bunkers. Lewis University Airport adds a distinctive aviation flavor to the community, serving as one of Will County's premier corporate airfields.
Neighborhoods
Detailed Romeoville community pages coming soon.
Browse the listings above. Detailed neighborhood pages with market stats, school info, and lifestyle take-downs land here as we roll them out.
Schools
Districts serving Romeoville.
Boundary lines do shift. Always confirm in writing for a specific address before writing an offer.
- 365UGrades PreK-12
Valley View Community Unit School District 365U
Schools serving the area
- Romeoville High School
- A. Vito Martinez Middle School
- John J. Lukancic Middle School
- Irene King Elementary School
- Robert C. Hill Elementary School
A PreK-12 district covering most of Romeoville and Bolingbrook plus portions of Plainfield and Lockport, with about 20 schools and roughly 14,800 students district-wide.
- 202Grades PreK-12
Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202 (partial)
Schools serving the area
- Plainfield East High School
- District 202 elementary and middle schools serving southwestern Romeoville
Serves the southwestern, Plainfield-side portions of Romeoville. The Romeoville and Plainfield boundary determines which district a home falls in, so confirm by address.
Homes by school
Homes for sale by school in Romeoville
Homes in the Romeoville HS district
Valley View Community Unit School District 365U
Homes in the Plainfield North district
Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202
Homes in the Lockport Township HS district
Lockport Township High School District 205
Homes in the Bolingbrook HS district
Valley View Community Unit School District 365U
Around town
What there is to do in Romeoville.
A handful of the places people who live here actually use. Not a directory.
- Culture
Isle a la Cache Museum
A free Forest Preserve museum on a Des Plaines River island interpreting 18th-century French voyageur and Potawatomi fur-trade history, with a 107-acre preserve and canoe launch.
- Sports
Mistwood Golf Club
An acclaimed public course at 1700 W. Renwick Road with St. Andrews-style sod-wall bunkers, recognized as a top regional course.
- Parks
Romeoville Recreation Center
The village recreation hub at 900 W. Romeo Road with the Fit 4 Life Fitness Center and Romeoville Aquatic Center.
- Sports
Romeoville Athletic and Event Center
An award-winning 99,000-square-foot indoor complex at 55 Phelps Avenue with turf fields, hard courts, and event space.
- Family
Lewis University Airport
A general-aviation corporate airport adjacent to Lewis University, serving as a reliever for O'Hare and Midway with a control tower opened in 2022.
- Culture
Lewis University
A Catholic university founded near town in 1934, anchoring Romeoville's higher-education and aviation programs.
Getting around
Commute + transit from Romeoville.
- Stations: Romeoville
- Terminal: Chicago Union Station
- Distance: 26 miles to downtown Chicago
- Routes: I-55 · Weber Road · IL-53 (Historic Route 66) · I-355 (nearby)
- Joliet: ~15 min
- Naperville: ~21 min
- Chicago Loop: ~40 min
- O'Hare Airport: ~48 min
By the numbers
Romeoville taxes + market stats.
Property tax rates vary by exact township and assessor district. Confirm per address before pricing a purchase.
Property tax rate
2.83%
effective avg
Sales tax
8.50%
combined
Median sold price
$339,000
MRED · last 12 mo (48 sales)
Median household income
$100,022
ACS
How Romeoville got here
A bit of history.
Romeoville traces its origins to the banks of the Des Plaines River, where the village of Romeo was first settled in 1835 near Isle a la Cache, a small island in the river. The community was named for the Shakespeare character Romeo, and a neighboring settlement was named Juliet, reflecting a Shakespearean naming theme of the canal era. When the Illinois and Michigan Canal was completed in 1848, new residents were drawn to the area. Juliet was later renamed Joliet for the explorer Louis Jolliet, while Romeo eventually charted its own course, and on January 19, 1895, residents voted to incorporate and changed the village's name to Romeoville.
Romeoville and nearby Joliet became known as 'Stone City' thanks to their prosperous limestone quarries, and the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, unveiled in 1888, was constructed largely of local limestone. Lewis University was established on the outskirts of town in 1934. In 1950, Romeoville had roughly 46 homes and a population of 147, remaining sparsely populated until 1957, when more than 600 acres of wetlands along IL-53 became the Hampton Park Subdivision. After the first I-55 and Weber Road interchange opened in 1990, the Weber Road corridor rapidly suburbanized, and the village added more than 25,000 new residents over two decades.
The questions buyers actually ask
Romeoville FAQ
The questions I get most from buyers shopping Romeoville. If yours isn't here, text 224-385-8779, same-day reply.
- Where is Romeoville, Illinois?
- Romeoville is a village in Will County, about 26 miles southwest of downtown Chicago, sitting on the west bank of the Des Plaines River between Bolingbrook and Joliet near Interstate 55.
- How much do homes cost in Romeoville?
- As of 2026, the typical Romeoville home value was about $319,260 according to Zillow, up roughly 3 percent over the prior year, with a median list price around $340,000.
- What school district serves Romeoville?
- Most of Romeoville is served by Valley View Community Unit School District 365U, a PreK-12 district shared with Bolingbrook that includes Romeoville High School. Southwestern and Plainfield-side areas fall within Plainfield District 202.
- Does Romeoville have a Metra train station?
- Yes. The Romeoville station on Metra's Heritage Corridor line opened in February 2018, with weekday rush-hour service in the peak direction to and from Chicago Union Station. Service is limited to peak periods, so it works best for traditional commuters.
- What is the property tax rate in Romeoville?
- Romeoville's effective property tax rate is about 2.83 percent according to Ownwell, higher than the national median and typical of Will County and the collar counties. Always confirm with the actual tax bill for a specific address.
- What is the sales tax rate in Romeoville?
- The combined sales tax rate in Romeoville is 8.5 percent as of 2026, made up of the 6.25 percent Illinois state rate, a 1.5 percent Romeoville rate, and a 0.75 percent RTA transit rate.
- Why is it called Romeoville?
- The settlement was originally named Romeo in 1835 after the Shakespeare character, with a neighboring town named Juliet that later became Joliet. When residents incorporated in 1895, they renamed the town Romeoville.
- Who is the real estate agent for Romeoville?
- Joe Keegan is the local licensed Illinois real estate broker who covers Romeoville in Romeoville, IL through Subdiview, a neighborhood-first home search for the Chicago suburbs and collar counties. Joe prices and negotiates from the live MRED sold comps for Romeoville specifically, not national averages, and can help you buy or sell here. Reach Joe at 224-385-8779 or joe@joekeeganhomes.com.
Nearby
Towns next to Romeoville.
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Your local agent
Joe knows Romeoville
Most agents will list anything. I focus on the places I actually know, and the things that move value here don't show up in the MLS write-up: which streets and buildings hold demand, what the HOA or assessments really cover, how the comps read once you account for condition and location, and where buyers consistently want to be.
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