County profile
Will County, IL
United States · GDP 2024
#116 of 3,127 US counties by GDP45th-percentile growthmore diversified than 94% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$50.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
267,545
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
17,085
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$58.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
712,253
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.4%
Median HH income
$110.0k±$1.8k
Bachelor's degree+
37.5%±0.7%
Poverty rate
7.3%±0.4%
Business applications
10,298 · 2025
Retail establishments
1,669
23.5/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Ulta Beauty, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$12.4B79B+2Solesence, Inc. Common StockConsumer Defensive$62.1M63C3Town Center BankFinancial Services$10.5M50DHQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Transportation25%
Health care18%
Retail trade17%
Admin & support15%
Food & accommodation14%
Manufacturing11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
712,253
residents · 2025 · +2.2% since 2020
Income per capita $70.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−3,587
International migration+10,594
Natural change+7,859
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$36.1B2019
$35.7B2020
$40.9B2021
$45.4B2022
$48.4B2023
$50.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$319.6k±$3.2k
Median gross rent
$1.5k/mo±$33/mo
Vacancy rate
3.9%±0.3%
Affordability
5.5× wages
Residential permits
$593.1M
1,993 units · 2.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
97.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.8k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 100Tornado 99Heat wave 96
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3562016
3712017
3862018
3982019
4032020
4422021
5052022
5492023
5872024
6142025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 1% since 20211,9702021
1,6712022
1,3382023
2,0022024
1,9932025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
7.9 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
0.1 km
NIRC
Nearest port
12.1 km
OZINGA MATERIALS & LOGISTICS - JOLIET, IL
Nearest commercial airport
42.3 km
CHICAGO MIDWAY INTL
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):7,620,522 short tons/yr · Joliet Regional Port, IL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR2 filings from 2 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$58.3k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Will?
Will's economy produced $50.3B in 2024, growing 3.9% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is transportation.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.