Joliet, Illinois

About Joliet

Joliet is a mid-size city in northeastern Illinois with an estimated population of 151,837. It ranks as the 4th largest city in Illinois.

Officially, Joliet is an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 66.29 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 2,290 residents per square mile.

📰 Joliet News Today

• Dog Dies In Horrific Joliet House Fire That Swept Clouds Of Black Smoke Across Skyline Patch · Oct 9
• Obituary of Robert L. Arko Fred C. Dames Funeral Home and Crematory · Oct 9
• Former Joliet police lieutenant Jeremy Harrison facing felony charges after investigation into Flock misuse, state police say ABC7 Chicago · Oct 7
• Floodwater overwhelmed pump at Exxon Mobil's Joliet, Illinois refinery; facility remains offline following outage Reuters · Sep 17
• Former Joliet police lieutenant Jeremy Harrison charged with felonies for misusing Flock system CBS News · Oct 7

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

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What Makes Joliet Unique

• One of the 5 largest cities in Illinois (#4 statewide).
• Positioned in northeastern Illinois, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Home to 1.4% of Illinois's city-dwelling population.

Why People Love It Here

• Full urban amenities: dining, healthcare, education, and employment in one place.
• Serious economic gravity — one of the region's employment and cultural hubs.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 4 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Joliet

• Cracker Barrel — american
• Starbucks — coffee shop (café)
• The Great American Bagel (café)
• Al's Steak House
• Aurelio's Pizza — pizza
• Golden Corral — american
• Heroes West Sports Grill — american
• La Mex — mexican
• Old Fashioned Pancake House

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Joliet

• Inwood Park reviews ★
• Lower Rock Run Preserve reviews ★
• Marquette Park reviews ★
• Middle Rock Run Forest Preserve reviews ★
• Whiteford Field reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Joliet

• A O Marshall Elem School
• Dirksen Junior High School
• Edna Keith Elem School
• Eisenhower Academy
• Farragut Elem School
• Forest Park Individual Ed School
• Gompers Junior High School
• Hufford Junior High School
• Joseph E Fisher School
• Lincoln School ALOP
• Lincoln School RSSP
• Lincoln School TAOEP
• M J Cunningham Elem Sch
• Marycrest Early Childhood Center

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

🏥 Hospitals & Healthcare

• Saint Joseph Medical Center ★ (1/5 CMS rating) · 24/7 ER

Medicare-registered hospitals with official CMS star ratings.

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🌤️ Current Weather

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