Bristol, Illinois.
. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$830 (+115%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Illinois$1,553
- United States$1,922
Living in Bristol, Kendall County, Illinois
Bristol is a township of 32,030 people in Kendall County. Half its households earn more than $109,481 a year and half less, against $111,601 across Kendall County; 3% of its people live below the poverty line. 80% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 20% are rented. Unemployment in Kendall County was 3.8% in August 2026, and the county had 1.7% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Bristol is a township in Kendall County, Illinois, home to a large and growing community of families. Residents tend to be younger than in many American towns, and household incomes sit just below the county's. Very few people live below the poverty line, and most homes are lived in by their owners.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, professional and business services, and transport, warehouses and utilities also employing a good share. Among the largest workplaces in Bristol are Yorkville CUSD, Walmart and Target. Commutes are fairly long, and a fair number of people work from home. Unemployment in Kendall County is lower than a year ago, and the county has added jobs over the past year.
Things to do. For a day out, Phillips Park Zoo and Phillips Park are a short drive away, as is Silver Springs State Fish and Wildlife Area, a protected area for time outdoors. The Air Classics Museum of Aviation is also a short drive away. Winters here are cold, with January highs near freezing, and summers are warm, so spring and autumn can suit outdoor visits well.
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- 11,290households
- 37%of adults have a degree
- 3%below the poverty line
- 34 mintypical commute
- 14%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Kendall County had 30,845 jobs in 2025, 1.7% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 30° and lows near 15°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 62°. About 34 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Chicago Aurora Municipal Airport weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Bristol
- Yorkville CUSD 115School district1,005FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters352
- TargetDiscount department stores260
- Summit School ServicesSchool and employee bus transportation253
- Jewel Food StoresSupermarkets and other grocery stores180
- Kendall County CourthouseCircuit courts148
- Jewel Food StoresSupermarkets and other grocery stores147
- Menards"home centers"137
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 18 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,177 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Kendall County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Kendall County and the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro.
Bristol home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Bristol6
Zip codes with a Bristol address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Bristol — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.