53,219 people live in Grundy County, where the median age is 38.3 and the average individual income is $43,656. Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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| Dining · $$ | 3.57 miles | 131 reviews | 3.6/5 stars | |
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| Dining · $$ | 4.95 miles | 41 reviews | 4.1/5 stars | |
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Grundy County has 20,595 households, with an average household size of 2.57. Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. Here’s what the people living in Grundy County do for work — and how long it takes them to get there. Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. 53,219 people call Grundy County home. The population density is 127 and the largest age group is Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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By Chris Piercy, REALTOR® with Real People Realty. Facts checked November 7, 2026, and reviewed every Saturday.
I'm Chris Piercy, a REALTOR® with Real People Realty, and my office is in Mokena. I've worked on 14 home sales in Grundy County since June 2023, in Morris, Gardner, South Wilmington, Minooka and Braceville. This page has the county's numbers, including the part outside any city or village, the train stations around it, schools by town, places to visit and what the county is changing now.
Town guides for Grundy County: Morris, Coal City, Diamond, Channahon and Braidwood.
Questions about a Grundy County home? Call or text me at (815) 205-0395.
These 14 sales are grouped by the town in each home's address. I was the buyer's agent on 11, the listing agent on 1, and represented both the buyer and the seller on 2.[36]
Town | Home | Role | Sold | Sale price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Braceville | 202 S Mitchell Street | Buyer's agent | July 31, 2024 | $170,000 |
Gardner | 104 N Center Street | Buyer's agent | March 31, 2026 | $265,000 |
Gardner | Both sides | July 30, 2024 | $200,000 | |
Gardner | Both sides | February 21, 2024 | $289,000 | |
Minooka | 1155 S Wabena Avenue | Buyer's agent | June 5, 2026 | $435,000 |
Morris | 109 Doe Circle | Buyer's agent | April 28, 2026 | $210,000 |
Morris | Listing agent | July 11, 2025 | $289,000 | |
Morris | 3840 W Nettle Creek Drive | Buyer's agent | July 11, 2025 | $540,000 |
Morris | 941 Quarry Street | Buyer's agent | January 30, 2024 | $180,000 |
Morris | 1928 Mountain Road | Buyer's agent | August 4, 2023 | $250,000 |
Morris | 1016 Quail Drive #1016 | Buyer's agent | July 21, 2023 | $130,000 |
Morris | 103 Fawn Court, Unit B | Buyer's agent | June 16, 2023 | $170,000 |
South Wilmington | 435 Elm Street | Buyer's agent | July 14, 2025 | $208,500 |
South Wilmington | 35 Lemmon Street | Buyer's agent | April 5, 2024 | $213,402 |
Grundy County had an estimated 54,052 people on July 1, 2025, up from 52,533 at the 2020 Census.[1] Of those, 11,885 lived outside every city and village, in unincorporated Grundy County.[2] The other Census figures below cover 2020 to 2024.
54,052
People, July 1, 2025[1]
74.4%
Homes lived in by their owners[1]
$271,700
Median value of owner-occupied homes[1]
20,595
Households, 2.57 people each[1]
26.8 minutes
Average trip to work[1]
11,885
People in unincorporated Grundy County, July 1, 2025[2]
The median home value comes from a five-year Census survey in which owners estimate their own home's value. It is not a recent sale price.[1] The unincorporated figure is the Census Bureau's "Balance of Grundy County," the part of the county outside every incorporated city and village; with the town rows it adds up to the county total.[2] In unincorporated areas, the county's Building Office applies the zoning and building regulations.[3] Morris is the county seat.[4]
No Metra line reaches Grundy County. Its Rock Island and Heritage Corridor lines end at Joliet and its SouthWest Service ends at Manhattan, both in Will County.[5][8] Amtrak's Lincoln Service stops at Joliet and at Dwight.[6][7]
Station | Trains | County |
|---|---|---|
Joliet station | Metra Rock Island and Heritage Corridor lines, and Amtrak[5][6] | Will County[8] |
Manhattan station | Metra SouthWest Service[5] | Will County[8] |
Dwight station | Amtrak Lincoln Service[7] | Livingston County[8] |
No Pace bus stop is in Grundy County.[10] Grundy Transit gives on-demand rides throughout Grundy County and runs multiple daily trips to Joliet, Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Each ride must begin or end in Grundy County, and the number to call is (888) 786-0862.[9]
Sorted by town, from each district's own site and the Illinois State Board of Education. Channahon and Braidwood also reach into Grundy County.[2] A home's school district goes by its exact address, so check that address with the district before counting on a school.
Town | District | Grades | Office address |
|---|---|---|---|
Braceville | Braceville School District 75 | Kindergarten to 8th grade[25] | 209 N. Mitchell Street, Braceville[25] |
Coal City | Coal City Community Unit School District 1 | Preschool to 12th grade[25] | 550 S. Carbon Hill Road, Coal City[16] |
Diamond | Coal City Community Unit School District 1, which says it serves Carbon Hill, Coal City and Diamond | Preschool to 12th grade[25] | 550 S. Carbon Hill Road, Coal City[16] |
Gardner | Gardner Grade School District 72C | Preschool to 8th grade[25] | 598 N. Elm Street, Gardner[17] |
Gardner | Gardner-South Wilmington Township High School District 73 | 9th to 12th grade[25] | 500 E. Main Street, Gardner[18] |
Minooka | Minooka Community Consolidated School District 201 | Preschool to 8th grade[25] | 305 W. Church Street, Minooka[19] |
Minooka | Minooka Community High School District 111 | 9th to 12th grade[25] | 201 S. Wabena Avenue, Minooka[20] |
Morris | Morris Elementary School District 54 | Preschool to 8th grade[25] | 54 White Oak Drive, Morris[21] |
Morris | Saratoga Community Consolidated School District 60C | Preschool to 8th grade[25] | 4040 N. Division Street, Morris[22] |
Morris | Nettle Creek Community Consolidated School District 24C | Kindergarten to 8th grade[25] | 8820 Scott School Road, Morris[23] |
Morris | Morris Community High School District 101 | 9th to 12th grade[25] | 1000 Union Street, Morris[24] |
South Wilmington | South Wilmington Community Consolidated School District 74 | Kindergarten to 8th grade[25] | 375 Fifth Avenue, South Wilmington[25] |
South Wilmington | Gardner-South Wilmington Township High School District 73 | 9th to 12th grade[25] | 500 E. Main Street, Gardner[18] |
These come from the county's own board and committee documents. Each one says what the documents say and nothing more. The County Board met October 13, 2026, and its minutes were not posted when this page was checked.
Project | Category | Where | What the documents say |
|---|---|---|---|
Energy storage ordinance | County rules | Unincorporated Grundy County | The county drafted its first zoning rules for battery storage facilities larger than 1 megawatt. The draft allows them only on land zoned A-Agricultural or I-Industrial, requires a separate special use permit and public hearing for each one, and sets a 150-foot setback from homes on neighboring property.[28] The Land Use Committee recommended approval unanimously on September 23, 2026,[31] and the ordinance was on the County Board's October 13, 2026 agenda.[32] |
Update to the county's Unified Development Ordinance | County rules | Countywide | The county's Land Use Department called case 26-ZBA-007 the first comprehensive update to the ordinance in sixteen years, covering building permits and grading, subdivision and street standards, permit procedures, definitions and highway access rules.[26] The Zoning Board of Appeals recommended it on August 18, 2026,[28] but on August 26, 2026 the Land Use Committee tabled it and sent it back to the Zoning Board of Appeals.[30] It was on that board's October 20, 2026 agenda, and the county had not posted that board's minutes when this page was checked.[34] A draft ordinance in the packet for the County Board's November 10, 2026 meeting says that board again gave it a unanimous positive recommendation on October 20, 2026.[39] The Land Use Committee's draft minutes say it unanimously recommended approval on October 28, 2026,[38] and it is on the County Board's November 10, 2026 agenda.[39] |
Coal City 1 solar permit extension | Extension | 5347 N. Dresden Road, Morris, Goose Lake Township | Coal City Solar CS 1 LLC asked for a second extension of the special use permit for its solar project on about 30 acres of industrially zoned land. The developer said the approval in place at the time would expire October 14, 2026. The Land Use Committee recommended approval unanimously on September 23, 2026,[30][31] and it was on the County Board's October 13, 2026 agenda.[32] |
Goose Lake Township solar permit extension | Extension | N. Erickson Road near Morris, Goose Lake Township | Goose Lake Township Solar 1 LLC asked for a 12-month extension of its 2025 special use permit for a 4,990 kWac solar farm on a 30.137-acre agricultural site. The Land Use Committee recommended approval unanimously on September 23, 2026, and the draft ordinance would extend the permit until October 2027 with 30 conditions.[30][31] It was on the County Board's October 13, 2026 agenda.[32] |
Truck and trailer repair site access variance | Variance | 4020 W. Dupont Road at Verona Road, unincorporated Grundy County | A proposed truck and trailer repair and inspection facility with a 7,000 square foot building needs a variance from the county's access rules for corner clearance. The Animal Control/Highway/Transit Committee tabled it on August 20, 2026.[27] The committee's draft minutes say it tabled the request again on September 17, 2026, by a unanimous vote, because SalClay asked it to, and moved it to its October 22, 2026 meeting. It was on that meeting's agenda, and the county had not posted the result when this page was checked.[33] |
Industrial rezoning at Route 47 and Minooka Road | Zoning | Northeast corner of Illinois Route 47 and Minooka Road, Morris, Saratoga Township | Bryan Papesh, for owner Minooka 47 LLC, asked the county to rezone 14.51 acres from agricultural to industrial for an industrial subdivision to be called Midwest Industrial Park (case 26-ZBA-018). The county's October 15, 2026 staff report says the City of Morris adopted a resolution objecting to it on October 5, 2026, and if the city files that objection in time, approval would need the votes of three-fourths of all County Board members. The report says two conditions the county code sets for industrial zoning appear not to be met. It lists a Zoning Board of Appeals hearing on October 20, 2026, a Land Use Committee review on October 28, 2026 and a County Board vote on November 10, 2026.[35] The case was not on the Land Use Committee's October 28, 2026 agenda[37] or on the County Board's November 10, 2026 agenda, and the county had not posted the hearing result when this page was checked.[39] |
Cold-in-place recycling and overlay contracts | Roads | Dresden Road; Reed Road, Broadway Road and Carbon Hill | On August 11, 2026, the County Board unanimously awarded D Construction two contracts: Dresden Road from E. North Street to Pine Bluff Road, $911,238.45, and Reed Road (I-55 to Broadway), Broadway Road (Spring to Braceville) and Carbon Hill (Braceville to I-55), $2,014,728.13.[26] |
Ridge Road construction | Roads | Ridge Road (County Highway 37V), W. Mondamin Street to McEvilly Road, Aux Sable Township | An amendment to the county's agreement with the Illinois Department of Transportation for federally funded construction on this half mile of Ridge Road says it adjusts the costs to reflect the final costs of construction. It adds $412,562.91 and brings the total to $14,018,069.91, including $8,061,000.00 in federal funds. It was on the Animal Control/Highway/Transit Committee's October 22, 2026 agenda[33] and is on the County Board's November 10, 2026 agenda.[39] |
Road use agreements for data center traffic | Roads | Braceville Township and Maine Township | Proposed agreements on the Animal Control/Highway/Transit Committee's October 22, 2026 agenda would have the county highway superintendent negotiate road use agreements with data center developers whose work uses Braceville Township or Maine Township roads. The county would inspect those roads before, during and after the work and require the developer to repair any damage.[33] Both agreements are on the County Board's November 10, 2026 agenda, and the committee's October 22, 2026 minutes were not posted when this page was checked.[39] |
Gorman Road rebuild | Roads | Gorman Road | The full-depth reclamation rebuild of Gorman Road ran into unforeseen field conditions, and a resolution asked for $160,000 from the county Highway Fund to cover the extra work. The committee sent it to the County Board on September 17, 2026,[29] and it was on the Board's October 13, 2026 agenda.[32] |
Jugtown Road bridge over Claypool | Bridge | Jugtown Road, 0.11 mile south of Whitetie Road | The County Board unanimously approved a $91,532 engineering agreement with Chamlin & Associates on September 8, 2026 for replacing the bridge deck and superstructure, with abutment slopewall repairs.[32] The agreement's schedule lists survey work in October 2026 and project letting in April 2028.[27] |
Minooka Road and Interstate 80 interchange | Roads | Minooka Road at Interstate 80 | At the September 8, 2026 County Board meeting, the chairman said Congressman Darin LaHood had announced a $5 million federal funding award for a new interchange. The minutes give no total cost or schedule and show no county vote on it.[32] |
Rice Road bridge | Bridge | Rice Road | On July 23, 2026, the county's Highway Director told the committee the project would not start in 2026, that Nicor still needed to move its gas main, and that he was hoping for a spring 2027 start.[27] |
County places and events, each described the way its own official site describes it.
Place | Category | Where | What its official site says |
|---|---|---|---|
Grundy County Fair | Fair | Fairgrounds, 8890 N. Illinois Route 47, Morris | The fair's site lists the next fair for July 7 to 11, 2027, and says the fairgrounds moved from Mazon to its current location north of Morris in 1971.[11] |
Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area | Prairie | 5010 N. Jugtown Road, Morris | The Illinois Department of Natural Resources says it totals 2,537 acres and is the largest remnant of prairie left in Illinois.[12] |
Gebhard Woods State Park | State park | 401 Ottawa Street, Morris | The department describes a 30-acre park bordered on the south by the Illinois and Michigan Canal and on the north by Nettle Creek.[13] |
William G. Stratton State Park | State park | Morris | The department says it was developed in 1959 to give boat access to the Illinois River, with four public boat launching ramps.[14] |
Illinois and Michigan Canal State Trail | Trail | Aux Sable access area, Gebhard Woods and Stratton in Grundy County | The department says the trail follows the old towpath 61.5 miles from Rockdale to LaSalle.[15] |
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