Interstate 55, locally the Stevenson Expressway, runs through the village's southern part, heading northeast toward Chicago and southwest toward Plainfield and Joliet.

As of the 2022 American Community Survey, the most common ancestries reported in the village were Mexican (23.6%), German (13.3%), Irish (8.3%), Polish (7.4%), Italian (5.7%), Indian (5.5%), English (3.9%), and Filipino (3.9%).

Similar to the neighboring village of Woodridge, almost all of the businesses, homes, churches and other buildings in Bolingbrook were built after 1960.

The first settlement in what is now Bolingbrook was established in 1831, but the informal farming villages remained unincorporated for over 130 years.

The area that is now Bolingbrook is located in the heart of the Gateway Wetlands, which begin in Downers Grove and end just north of the Joliet city limits.

The largest of these are the nation-wide cosmetic retailer Ulta Beauty and the vehicle floor liner manufacturer WeatherTech.

[18] Other corporate headquarters include: ATI Physical Therapy, Stevenson Crane, American Chrome, Computer Projects of Illinois, Diageo, Diamond Technical Services, Epir Technologies, Goya Foods' Illinois division,[19] Midwest Fuel & Injection, G & W Electric, Illinois Paper & Copier, Jet Brite car washes, Wi-Tronix, Perkins Manufacturing, Vision Integrated Graphics, Clark Foam Products, Wastebuilt, COTG - Chicago Office Technology Group, and Windy City Wire.

[20] According to the Bolingbrook Park District's 2017 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,[21] the top employers in the village are: John J.

Islamic schools: Sport Academy: The Bolingbrook Park District was created in 1970, after being approved by referendum.

It was closed shortly after the BRAC and Pelican Harbor opened in 1996, and has since been converted to an ice skating arena.

[32] In 2009, the Park District opened its Hidden Oaks Nature Center, which sits on 80 acres of woodland and river plain habitat.

The Nature Center has a Platinum LEED Rating from the U.S. Green Building Council and was built from recycled materials.

Animal residents include: coyotes, deer, great horned owls, and other species common to Northern Illinois.

In addition, the Bolingbrook Golf Club, a municipal facility which includes an 18-hole course, is in the village.

Clow is a public (non-commercial) airport, owned by the village and operated under a contract with a management company.

The museum is staffed by volunteers and is in a remodeled hangar at Clow International Airport, currently donated by the Village of Bolingbrook.