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Will County, IL

708,583 Population
835.9 square miles 847.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$46,831 ±$983 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Illinois: $46,937 ±$406
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$109,820 ±$4,177 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Illinois: $83,211 ±$898
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

7.9% ±1.2% (55,477  ±8,691) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 11.6% 1,438,470 (±0.3% / ±31,443)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

32.3 minutes ±0.4 (10,170,945  ±276,541) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 28.3 154,658,770 (±0.2 / ±1,330,777)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

249,199 ±1,629 Number of households
  • Illinois: 5,105,448 ±12,305
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.8 ±0 (701,121  ±265) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.4 12,417,746
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.7% ±0.9% (7,759  ±1,477) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 4.6% 138,998 (±0.2% / ±6,570)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

257,267 ±191 Number of housing units
  • Illinois: 5,482,133 ±1,080
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$340,200 ±$4,515 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $280,700 ±$1,768
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

8.2% ±0.9% (57,567  ±6,588.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 10.2% 1,289,197 (±0.3% / ±31,884.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.3% (445,223  ±10,127.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.7% 8,028,089 (±0.5% / ±45,818.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
39.6% (190,895  ±6,396.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 39.2% 3,471,705 (±0.3% / ±28,867)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

24% (160,947  ±) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 24.5% 2,953,673 (±0.3% / ±32,334.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

14.5% (102,794  ±5,761) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 15.4% 1,957,482
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.6% ±0.5% (25,293  ±2,448) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 4.5% 452,391 (±0.1% / ±11,018)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
25,293 Total veterans ±2,448 23,161 Male ±2,208 2,132 Female ±671

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