Will TownshipIL
A town of 1,790.
Is Will Township a good place to live?
Will Township’s best subject grade is an A for incomes; its weakest is a D for walkability. On the outdoors, just 105 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns do worse. Will Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
98% of working residents leave Will Township for work
Where Will Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Will Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Will Township is from typical.
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Moving to Will Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Will Township, and how to reach them.
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 Will Township.
Will Township has 0.2 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
In Will Township, 3.1% of residents live below the poverty line, against 8.4% in Illinois’ towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. For Will Township, the mean commuting time is 34 minutes. The top destinations are Chicago (9%), Peotone (6%) and University Park (4%). 2.2% of Will Township working residents work locally.
| Will Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $112,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3.1% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.2% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The climate in Will Township brings four seasons and pleasant summers
July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 16° and about 29 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Will Township faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
66% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by cold waves at 16%. In Will Township, the risk rating from FEMA is 66 of 100, above both Illinois’ towns (50 of 100) and U.S. towns (44 of 100).
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Will Township is healthier than 53% of U.S. towns
For adults in Will Township, the share who have been diagnosed with depression is 21%. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Will Township is ahead of Illinois on 3 and behind on 3. Two figures for adults in the town: 39% have obesity, 37% sleep under 7 hours.
| Will Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 37% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 35% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| What stands out | Will Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.7% | 15.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 10.6% | 13.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 7.5% | 6.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
0% of Will Township is conserved land
In 1 park or preserve, walkers have 0.7 miles of trail. Will Township has one park or preserve, 4 acres in all.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lloyd Bate Park | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Will Township
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Will Township
About 7 of every 100 Will Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
Will Township’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Will Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Township | — | — | B− | — | B | B− |
| Washington Township | #386 | B | B− | — | B− | B |
| Peotone Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Monee Township | #636 | C− | C− | — | C+ | C+ |
Will Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Will Township, Washington Township and Monee Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Peotone Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Will Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Will Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Will Township, IL expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.