Census-designated place · Will County, Illinois

Crystal Lawns, Illinois

Crystal Lawns is a census-designated place in Will County, Illinois, part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area. It has 1,766 residents. Crystal Lawns, Illinois has a quality-of-life score of 59 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #6,365 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Illinois it ranks #244 of 697 cities and towns. It ranks best on public transit commuters (high), unemployment rate (low) and fast internet available (high). It ranks worst on fiber internet available (low), students per school counselor (high) and preventable hospital stays (high).

59Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #6,365 of 15,651 cities and towns
Illinois: #244 of 697 in IL
Population: 1,766 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 2,677.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 1717939

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 78 of 83 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety81#2,991/15,637
Economy79#3,273/15,631
Housing56#6,524/14,977
Health79#3,343/15,609
Healthcare60#6,244/15,650
Environment15#13,187/15,453
Education46#8,526/15,650
Infrastructure45#8,579/15,650
Community58#6,574/15,651
Leisure & amenities29#11,067/15,651
Nature & outdoors—

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Crystal Lawns, Illinois ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Will County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Public transit commuters · high5.1%
93/100Illinois 5.8%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301High uncertainty
Unemployment rate · low0.9%
93/100Illinois 4.6%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Fast internet available · high100.0%
90/100Illinois 97.1%United States 95.4%Dec 2025Federal Communications Commission
Drug overdose deaths · low7.8 /100k
90/100Illinois 14.0 /100kUnited States 18.1 /100kApr 2025–Mar 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataWill County value
Injury deaths · low59 /100k
89/100Illinois 80 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWill County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low2.7%
86/100Illinois 8.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010High uncertainty

Weaknesses

Fiber internet available · low0.0%
4/100Illinois 40.4%United States 55.9%Dec 2025Federal Communications Commission
Students per school counselor · high534×
7/100Illinois 419×United States 356×2024National Center for Education StatisticsCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureWill County value
Preventable hospital stays · high3,941 /100k
10/100Illinois 3,343 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWill County value
Effective property tax rate · high1.80%
12/100Illinois 1.88%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.0 µg/m³
14/100Illinois 8.8 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyWill County value
Social associations · low6.8 /10k
18/100Illinois 9.8 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWill County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Rent-burdened householdsImproving
63.5% (2015-2019) → 31.1% (2018-2022)
−32 pts3 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 49.9%
Child poverty rateWorsening
5.3% (2015-2019) → 20.7% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
16.1% (2015-2019) → 25.7% (2020-2024)
+9.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.0× (2015-2019) → 3.0× (2020-2024)
+46%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Households subscribed to broadbandWorsening
95.4% (2015-2019) → 86.6% (2020-2024)
−8.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
10.1% (2015-2019) → 2.7% (2020-2024)
−7.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Crystal Lawns, Illinois improved on 0 of 8 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 8 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 8 measures

Change of every measure of Crystal Lawns, Illinois between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	27.0 min2015-2019	27.8 min2020-2024	+0.8 min	Within the margin of error	38%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%2015-2019	25.7%2020-2024	+9.6 points	Within the margin of error	89%
Effective property tax rate	2.29%2015-2019	1.80%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	90%
High school diploma or higher	92.4%2015-2019	87.5%2020-2024	−4.9 points	Within the margin of error	6%
Home price to income ratio	2.0×2015-2019	3.0×2020-2024	+0.9×	Within the margin of error	25%
Households subscribed to broadband	95.4%2015-2019	86.6%2020-2024	−8.8 points	Within the margin of error	1%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3442015-2019	0.3292020-2024	−0.015	Within the margin of error	64%
Median household income	$82,1052015-2019	$82,0332020-2024	−0.1%	Within the margin of error	7%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Crystal Lawns, Illinois five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Crystal Lawns, Illinois in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Crystal Lawns, Illinois itself moved −15 points in standing on average over the same 8 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,766 residents (±494)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 50–59 men (−5.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,766 residents (±494)

Crystal Lawns, Illinois
Illinois share

White66%†1,163
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino32%†558

Education

1,244 residents (±315)

Crystal Lawns, Illinois
Illinois share

No high school diploma13%†156
High school or GED35%†440
Some college16%

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

647 households (±160)

Crystal Lawns, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $25k7.3%†47
$25k–50k9.0%†58
$50k–75k14%†90
$75k–100k26%†168
$100k–150k28%†182
$150k–200k7.6%†49
$200k or more8.2%†53

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

647 households (±160)

Crystal Lawns, Illinois
Illinois share

Own100%647
Rent0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+8.1 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

52 households (±48)

Crystal Lawns, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,00025%†13
$1,000–1,50058%†30

Home values

647 homes (±160)

Crystal Lawns, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $150k1.9%†12
$150k–250k54%†348
$250k–400k39%†252

Age of homes

682 homes (±157)

Crystal Lawns, Illinois
Illinois share

2010 or later0.0%0
2000–20091.2%†8
1980–199913%†87

Size of homes

682 homes (±157)

Crystal Lawns, Illinois
Illinois share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom0.9%†6
2 bedrooms5.3%†36

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,072 workers (±372)

Crystal Lawns, Illinois
Illinois share

Drive alone89%†949
Carpool5.6%†60
Public transit5.1%†55
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home0.7%†8
Other0.0%0

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,064 workers (±372)

Crystal Lawns, Illinois
Illinois share

Under 15 min18%†195
15–29 min40%†430
30–44 min25%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Will County, the county holding most of Crystal Lawns's residents.

Will County has 17,085 employer establishments, 243 for every 10,000 residents (0.98× the US rate of 248; 0.95× Illinois's), with 267,545 paid employees at an average annual pay of $55,858. The Census Bureau also counts 64,479 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 17,085; 64,479 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 243; US 248 · Illinois 255
Paid employees: 267,545
Average annual pay: $55,858; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Will County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	1,669	23.7	1.14×About typical	16,017	$68,827	2,722
Truck transportation	1,429	20.3	4.01×More than typical	9,309	$60,505	5,200
Specialty trade contractors	1,328	18.9	1.22×About typical	12,643	$90,890	3,291
Restaurants and other eating places	1,129	16	0.87×About typical	22,596	$21,103	289
Offices of other health practitioners	697	9.9	1.63×More than typical	4,967	$61,057	1,256
Services to buildings and dwellings	592	8.4	1.25×About typical	5,613	$57,177	2,523
Limited-service restaurants	567	8.1	1.00×About typical	11,758	$19,077	119
Lessors of real estate	520	7.4	0.60×Fewer than typical	1,444	$54,774	5,696
Construction of buildings	482	6.8	0.91×About typical	1,815	$70,187	1,663
Automotive repair and maintenance	478	6.8	1.35×More than typical	2,828	$50,044	910
Building equipment contractors	472	6.7	1.11×About typical	4,952	$94,102	722
Offices of physicians	436	6.2	0.96×About typical	3,635	$115,660	374

Rank places for an industry Open Will County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 703,872 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Public schools

Public schools located in Crystal Lawns, Illinois and the districts that run them (NCES Common Core of Data). Students per teacher counts full-time-equivalent teachers, not the size of each class.

Crystal Lawns, Illinois has 1 public schools with 328 students and 12.0 students per teacher (Illinois: 13.6, US: 15.2).

1 schools serve free meals to every student.

Elementary schools: 1
Middle schools: 0
High schools: 0
Students per teacher: 12.0; US: 15.2

School districts

Districts with schools here, by students here.

District	Schools	Students	Spending / student
Plainfield SD 202	1	328	$17,046

Largest schools

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	District

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $5,072 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Crystal Lawns, Illinois: $2.87 per resident (US $2,158).

Obligations: $5,072
Per resident: $2.87; US $2,158
Sole-source: 78%; US 31%
Single offer: 21%; US 8.9%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of Veterans Affairs$5,06299.8%
Defense Logistics Agency$9.850.2%

Top recipients

DAVID ROTTER PROSTHETICS LTD$5,06299.8%
ROGER THAT CORP$9.850.2%

Spending by fiscal year

3.7KFY2017
5.2KFY2018
16.2KFY2019
45.7KFY2020
14.2KFY2021
9.5KFY2022
7.2KFY2023
7.4KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$5,072100%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 18, 2026, loaded Oct 18, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Crystal Lawns, Illinois, so they do not add up across cities.

Crystal Lawns, Illinois's figures are part of those of Will County, IL ($160.6M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Crystal Lawns is mostly in Will County.

See federal money in Will County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Crystal Lawns, Illinois is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

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County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Will County76100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN67

Other cities and towns in Will County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
National Broadband Map (Broadband Data Collection)Federal Communications Commission · release 2025-12-31
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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