Village · Will County, Illinois

Frankfort, Illinois

Frankfort is a village in Will County, Illinois, part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area. It has 20,651 residents. Frankfort, Illinois has a quality-of-life score of 79 out of 100 (high), ranking #3,246 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Illinois it ranks #94 of 697 cities and towns. It ranks best on median household income (high), child poverty rate (low) and lack of reliable transportation (low). It ranks worst on effective property tax rate (high), average commute time (high) and preventable hospital stays (high).

79High

Quality-of-life score: #3,246 of 15,651 cities and towns
Illinois: #94 of 697 in IL
Population: 20,651 (2020-2024)
Land area: 16 mi²
Density: 1,322.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 1727624

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 of 80 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.

Safety84#2,514/15,637
Economy95#784/15,631
Housing57#6,479/14,977
Health90#1,566/15,609
Healthcare62#5,955/15,650
Environment15#13,158/15,453
Education83#2,720/15,649
Infrastructure81#2,959/15,650
Community65#5,445/15,651
Leisure & amenities29#11,067/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Frankfort, 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

Median household income · high$154,375
96/100Illinois $83,327United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Child poverty rate · low5.0%
94/100Illinois 14.1%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Lack of reliable transportation · low5.1%
93/100Illinois 8.4%United States 8.3%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low1.9%
93/100Illinois 8.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Poverty rate · low3.2%
92/100Illinois 11.5%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Bachelor's degree or higher · high59.3%
92/100Illinois 37.8%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003

Weaknesses

Effective property tax rate · high2.31%
3/100Illinois 1.88%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Average commute time · high35.2 min
5/100Illinois 27.8 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Preventable hospital stays · high3,941 /100k
10/100Illinois 3,343 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWill County value
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
High ozone days · high3 days
21/100Illinois 5 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyWill County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
18,999 (2015-2019) → 20,651 (2020-2024)
+8.7%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedWorsening
6.6 /1k (2021) → 3.1 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−54%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
31.1% (2015-2019) → 40.5% (2020-2024)
+9.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
23.7% (2015-2019) → 28.4% (2020-2024)
+4.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Public transit commutersWorsening
6.4% (2015-2019) → 3.6% (2020-2024)
−2.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B08301US 5.0% → 3.2%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.8× (2015-2019) → 3.1× (2020-2024)
+13%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

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, Frankfort, Illinois improved on 0 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 12 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.

Declined2

Transit use−2.8 points6.4% → 3.6%
Price / income+0.4×2.8× → 3.1×

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Frankfort, Illinois between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	35.7 min2015-2019	35.2 min2020-2024	−0.6 min	Within the margin of error	55%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.6%2015-2019	59.3%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Broadband subscriptions	94.4%2015-2019	94.5%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	9%
Child poverty rate	3.8%2015-2019	5.0%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Effective property tax rate	2.55%2015-2019	2.31%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	66%
High school diploma or higher	97.7%2015-2019	97.9%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	35%
Home price to income ratio	2.8×2015-2019	3.1×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	58%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3742015-2019	0.3932020-2024	+0.018	Within the margin of error	35%
Median household income	$139,1452015-2019	$154,3752020-2024	+11%	Within the margin of error	18%
Poverty rate	2.9%2015-2019	3.2%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	41%
Public transit commuters	6.4%2015-2019	3.6%2020-2024	−2.8 points	Declined	11%
Rent as share of income	23.7%2015-2019	28.4%2020-2024	+4.7 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Unemployment rate	3.5%2015-2019	4.1%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	2.4%2015-2019	1.9%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	53%

“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 Frankfort, Illinois five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Frankfort, 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, Frankfort, Illinois itself moved −7 points in standing on average over the same 9 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

20,651 residents (±66)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69

Income

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

Household income

6,789 households (±310)

Frankfort, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $25k3.0%†201
$25k–50k7.3%†496
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

6,789 households (±310)

Frankfort, Illinois
Illinois share

Own95%6,433
Rent5.2%†356

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.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

9,290 workers (±536)

Frankfort, Illinois
Illinois share

Drive alone69%6,415
Carpool3.0%†281
Public transit3.6%†339

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 Frankfort'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.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $195.4K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Frankfort, Illinois: $9.46 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $195.4K; +12% vs FY2025
Per resident: $9.46; US $1,994
Sole-source: 25%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.1%; US 8.8%

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

Top buying agencies

National Aeronautics and Space Administration$135.7K69%
Department of Veterans Affairs$46.3K24%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$11.1K5.7%
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$2,7091.4%
Federal Acquisition Service$3960.2%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

51.9KFY2017
74.2KFY2018
32.1KFY2019
89.9KFY2020
382.1KFY2021
195.2KFY2022
174.3KFY2023
110.8K

Top industries (NAICS)

Facilities support services · 5612$135.7K69%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$48.9K25%
Commercial and service industry machinery manufacturing · 3333$11.5K5.9%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$1500.1%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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 Frankfort, Illinois, so they do not add up across cities.

Frankfort, Illinois's figures are part of those of Will County, IL and Cook County, IL ($4.2B 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: Frankfort 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.

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

House

County

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

Will County77100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN66

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
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
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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