Bolingbrook's Housing Dynamics Change Under Mayor Claar

BOLINGBROOK, IL - Thursday marked Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar's annual state of the village address. The event is held at the Bolingbrook Golf Club and it's huge event for the Bolingbrook Area Chamber of Commerce with attendance usually topping 600. To mark the occasion, the village of Bolingbrook has published a comprehensive and informative data sheet on the village website. The document provides perspective on the village's growth and expansion under Claar's leadership. He has been Bolingbrook's mayor since 1986.

Over the coming days, Patch plans to provide a number of reports utilizing the data sets. The data reflects that Bolingbrook's estimated population is now 76,272 residents.

Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar

Today's story will look at Bolingbrook's housing starts. This data is current as of December, according to the village.

BOLINGBROOK HOUSING BY THE NUMBERS

Apartments

1986: 1,601 apartments

2017: 2,654 apartments

Single-family attached homes

1986: 2,650

2017: 3,950

Single-family detached homes

1986: 8,017

2017: 17,553

1986: Apartments and attached homes comprised 35 percent of Bolingbrook's housing inventory

2017: That figure has dropped to 27 percent.

1986: Single-family detached homes comprised 65 percent of Bolingbrook's housing units.

2017: Single family detached homes now make up 73 percent of the village's housing inventory.

Two main images via village of Bolingbrook, last image via Realtor.com