Minooka

• Name — Minooka, Illinois • Settlement Type — Village • Image Skyline — Illinois Traction System Minooka Passenger Station.jpg • Image Caption — CO&P rail station (1986) • Motto — "A nice place to call home" • Image Map — File:Will County Illinois Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Minooka Highlighted.svg • Map Caption — Location of Minooka in Will County, Illinois • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — United States • Subdivision Type1 — State • Subdivision Name1 — Illinois • Subdivision Type2 — Counties • Subdivision Name2 — Grundy, Kendall, Will • Subdivision Type3 — Townships • Subdivision Name3 — Aux Sable, Seward, Channahon • Established Title — Founded • Established Date — 1869 • Leader Title — Mayor • Leader Title1 — Village president • Unit Pref — Imperial • Area Total Km2 — 24.55 • Area Total Sq Mi — 9.48 • Area Land Km2 — 24.36 • Area Land Sq Mi — 9.40 • Area Water Km2 — 0.19 • Area Water Sq Mi — 0.07 • Population As Of — 2020 • Population Total — 12758 • Population Density Km2 — 523.75 • Population Density Sq Mi — 1356.51 • Timezone — CST • Utc Offset — -6 • Timezone Dst — CDT • Utc Offset Dst — -5 • Elevation Ft — 597 • Postal Code Type — ZIP code • Postal Code — 60447 • Area Codes — 815 & 779 • Blank Name — FIPS code • Blank Info — 17-49607 • Blank1 Name — GNIS feature ID • Blank1 Info — 2399376 • Website — www.minooka.com Minooka is a village in Grundy, Kendall, and Will counties, Illinois, United States. The population was 12,758 at the 2020 census, up from 10,924 at the 2010 census. The village is part of the Chicago metropolitan area.

Minooka was established as a place in 1852 when the railroad was built through this area. It was incorporated as a village in 1869. The name "Minooka" is derived from a Native American word meaning "maple forest" or "good earth". The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad served the town at Minooka Station.

• Illustration — Open fields near Minooka, Illinois The center of the village is in the northeast corner of Grundy County. The village limits extend north into the southeast corner of Kendall County and east into Will County. The village is bordered to the east and south by the village of Channahon. Interstate 80 passes through the north side of the village, with access from Exit 122. I-80 leads northeast 11 mi to Joliet and west 45 mi to LaSalle. Downtown Chicago is 48 mi northeast of Minooka via Interstates 80 and 55. U.S. Route 6 runs along part of the southern border of Minooka; the highway leads east into the center of Channahon and southwest 9 mi to Morris. According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Minooka has a total area of 9.48 sqmi, of which 9.41 sqmi (or 99.22%) is land and 0.07 sqmi (or 0.78%) is water. The DuPage River, a south-flowing tributary of the Des Plaines River, forms part of the eastern boundary of the village.

As of the 2020 census, Minooka had a population of 12,758. The median age was 33.8 years. 31.0% of residents were under the age of 18 and 8.3% were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females, there were 97.0 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.3 males. 89.7% of residents lived in urban areas, while 10.3% lived in rural areas. There were 4,032 households in Minooka, of which 49.5% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 64.9% were married-couple households, 11.0% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 17.8% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 13.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. There were 4,110 housing units, of which 1.9% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.0% and the rental vacancy rate was 2.6%.

The median income for a household in the village was $97,097, and the median income for a family was $100,097. Males had a median income of $62,403 versus $31,581 for females. The per capita income for the village was $34,655. About 5.2% of families and 5.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.7% of those under age 18 and 3.8% of those age 65 or over.

Minooka Community Consolidated School District 201 (elementary district) has a total of seven schools and serves nearly 4,000 students. Minooka Community High School District 111 has a campus for juniors and seniors and a newer campus for freshmen and sophomores.

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