Frankfort SquareIL
A town of 9,560.
Is Frankfort Square a good place to live?
Frankfort Square grades A− overall, 255th of 767 graded towns in Illinois, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. Its schools rank ahead of 87% of Illinois towns and CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 82% of the country. It also does better than most on incomes: the median household earns $127K. Its lowest everyday mark is in cost of living: the typical home is worth about $306K, 3.4 years of the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. Only 14 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns score lower on history. 11% of the land in Frankfort Square is conserved, where Illinois’ towns sit at 3.6% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. The biggest park or preserve is Indian Boundary North Park, at 55 acres.
98% of working residents leave Frankfort Square for work
Where Frankfort Square’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Frankfort Square grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Frankfort Square is from typical.
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Soldier Field and 151 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Frankfort Square. Close and well known come first.
Big draw25 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw30 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw21 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw23 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw26 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
Big draw26 mi MuseumArt Institute of Chicago1.5M visitors a yearPhoto credits
Soldier Field: Photo by Joon Han Contact: [email protected], CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wrigley Field: Ryan Dickey, CC BY 2.0 · Barack Obama Presidential Center: AlphaBeta135, CC0 · Rate Field: User Enoch Lai on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · United Center: User:JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Art Institute of Chicago: ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0
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Moving to Frankfort Square: who provides what
Frankfort Square is unincorporated, so Will County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Frankfort Square.
Frankfort Square has less food insecurity than most of Illinois, sends most of its workers to Chicago and beyond and has household incomes well above the Illinois norm.
For health, Frankfort Square earns an A−
Its widest gap with Illinois is food insecurity: 9.4% of its 6,949 adults worry about having enough food, against 15.9% statewide. Against the 4,869 U.S. towns with household incomes like Frankfort Square’s, it is healthier than 52%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
22% of adults binge drink in Frankfort Square, above both Illinois’ towns (18%) and U.S. towns (16%). 29% of adults have high blood pressure in Frankfort Square. Frankfort Square beats the Illinois average on 13 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1.
| Frankfort Square | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 18% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 35% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 8.6% | 11% | 12% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 19% |
| What stands out | Frankfort Square | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.4% | 15.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.4% | 9.9% |
| More binge drinkers | 21.7% | 17.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents commute out of Frankfort Square
Frankfort Square has 740 jobs for its 4,505 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here grew from 546 in 2013 to 740.
Most working residents leave Frankfort Square for work: only 2% work in town. Jobs based in Frankfort Square grew to 740 in 2023, 194 more than in 2013. The average trip to work in Frankfort Square is 28 minutes.
| Frankfort Square | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $127,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.7% | 8.4% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 6.4% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Frankfort Square has four seasons and pleasant summers
Frankfort Square has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 17° and about 28 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Frankfort Square has set aside 10.8% of its land for conservation
0.6 miles of trail in 9 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Indian Boundary North Park | — | 55 |
| 2. Indian Boundary South Park | — | 40 |
| 3. Kiwanis Park | 0.2 mi | 9 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Moderate risk in Frankfort Square, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 60% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Frankfort Square since 2007.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
An age mix much like Illinois’s
The median household earns $126,897, against $83,390 across Illinois, one input to its A− for jobs and income.
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Illinois average. 16% of Frankfort Square residents are 65 or older. 33% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 38% across Illinois.
| Frankfort Square | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 19% | 18% |
| Median age | 42.3 years | 40.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 33% | 29% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 23% | 22% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.7 points. Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women.
| Frankfort Square | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.6% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.7% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.4% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.2% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.8% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.7% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.2% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 3.3% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.6% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25.9% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 25.6% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.1% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.8% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
A home in Frankfort Square sells for about $345K at the median
Frankfort Square’s median rent is $1,622 a month.
| Frankfort Square | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 95% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,622 a month | $1,128 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Frankfort Square
Colleges nearby
8 within 15 miles of the center of Frankfort Square
About 5 of every 100 Frankfort Square residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
About Frankfort Square
Place in Illinois, United States
Frankfort Square is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Will County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 8,968.
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- Area
- 2.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 709 ft
Frankfort Square’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Frankfort Square.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankfort Square | #255 | A− | C | — | A | A− |
| Frankfort | #65 | A | D | A− | A+ | A |
| Tinley Park | #210 | A− | C− | B | A− | A |
| Frankfort Township | #94 | A | C− | — | A | A |
| Matteson | #620 | C | C− | — | C− | B |
| Rich Township | #601 | C | C | — | C− | B |
Frankfort Square, Frankfort Township, Matteson and Rich Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Frankfort Square with a neighbor →
Questions about Frankfort Square
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Frankfort Square, IL a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Frankfort Square grades A− overall, better than 78% of U.S. towns and #255 of 767 in Illinois. It grades A− for health and A for schools.
Is Frankfort Square, IL expensive?
The typical home is worth about $306,000, 3% above the Illinois typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.