McHenry County vs Will County

A side-by-side comparison of McHenry County and Will County: population, income, housing, and more.

McHenry County and Will County are counties in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Will County has the higher population (698,450 vs 311,366 in McHenry County). Will County has the higher median household income ($107,799 vs $102,836 in McHenry County). Will County has the higher median home value ($298,000 vs $286,900 in McHenry County).

Population, income & housing

	McHenry County	Will County
Population	311,366	698,450
Median age	40.4 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$102,836	$107,799
Median home value	$286,900	$298,000
Median gross rent	$1,358	$1,413
Housing units	120,605	252,684
Homeownership rate	82.6%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.2%	36.5%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	McHenry County	Will County
Population	307,714 → 311,366 (+1.2%)	689,315 → 698,450 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$86,799 → $102,836 (+18.5%)	$86,961 → $107,799 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$224,500 → $286,900 (+27.8%)	$232,000 → $298,000 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,197 → $1,358 (+13.5%)	$1,176 → $1,413 (+20.2%)

McHenry County

Population

307,714311,366

Median household income

$86,799$102,836

Median home value

$224,500$286,900

Median gross rent

$1,197$1,358

Will County

Population

689,315698,450

Median household income

$86,961$107,799

Median home value

$232,000$298,000

Median gross rent

$1,176$1,413

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	McHenry County	Will County
Under 5	5.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.7%	18.5%
18 to 24	8.1%	9.1%
25 to 34	11.5%	12.0%
35 to 44	13.1%	13.6%
45 to 54	13.7%	14.3%
55 to 64	14.6%	13.0%
65 to 74	9.9%	8.7%
75 and over	6.0%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	McHenry County	Will County
White (non-Hispanic)	76.9%	59.8%
Black or African American	1.4%	11.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	15.6%	19.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	McHenry County	Will County
No high school diploma	6.3%	8.5%
High school graduate	26.9%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	McHenry County	Will County
Drove alone	74.9%	74.3%
Carpooled	7.1%	7.7%
Public transit	1.4%	2.4%
Walked	1.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	14.7%	13.3%
Other means	0.8%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	McHenry County	Will County
1-unit, detached	77.4%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	10.6%	11.3%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	4.6%
20 or more units	2.2%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	McHenry County	Will County
Poverty rate	6.1%	7.0%
Average household size	2.66	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	31	32
Median year structure built	1989	1992