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Will County, IL

700,728 Population
835.9 square miles 838.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 39.5 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$45,268 ±$1,237 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Illinois: $45,043 ±$388
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$103,482 ±$3,061 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Illinois: $80,306 ±$635
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

7.1% ±0.9% (49,001  ±6,455) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 11.6% 1,426,517 (±0.3% / ±30,335)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

31.8 minutes ±1.1 (9,963,515  ±400,175) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 28.1 150,482,720 (±0.2 / ±1,340,109)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

246,145 ±1,588 Number of households
  • Illinois: 5,071,288 ±14,337
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.8 ±0 (692,551  ±210) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.4 12,271,503
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.1% ±1% (8,398  ±1,583) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 141,318 (±0.2% / ±5,490)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

255,998 ±145 Number of housing units
  • Illinois: 5,470,727 ±527
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$322,200 ±$6,161 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$1,622
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

7.2% ±0.8% (49,857  ±5,607.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 10.8% 1,344,235 (±0.3% / ±31,091.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

91.7% (434,816  ±9,880.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.6% 7,888,008 (±0.5% / ±44,765.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
36.6% (173,521  ±5,955.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 38.3% 3,334,374 (±0.3% / ±28,654.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

14.4% (101,188  ±6,469) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 15% 1,878,890
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

4.7% ±0.5% (25,161  ±2,548) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 4.7% 459,569 (±0.1% / ±11,336)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
25,161 Total veterans ±2,548 23,118 Male ±2,327 2,043 Female ±733

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