Rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income) in Will County
Rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income) in Will County was 51.5% in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 1.7 pts from 2023. That is the 9th highest of 102 counties in 2024.
Rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income) in Will County, 2021 to 2024
All 4 values
| Period | % |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 51.5 |
| 2023 | 49.8 |
| 2022 | 50.8 |
| 2021 | 50.4 |
Compared with Illinois and United States
| Place | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Will County | 51.5 |
| Illinois | 47.9 |
| United States | 51.1 |
Rankings
- US states by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income)
- Counties in Illinois by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income)
Definition
Renter households whose gross rent (contract rent plus utilities and fuels the renter pays) was 30 percent or more of household income in the past 12 months, as a percentage of renter households for which that ratio can be computed. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
Renters who pay no cash rent and households with no or negative income are left out of both the count and the base. 30 percent is the usual US threshold for rent burden. The EU housing cost overburden rate (housing_cost_overburden_rate) uses 40 percent of disposable income, all housing costs and people instead of households, so the two cannot be compared.
How to cite
U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.Citation styles
APA 7
U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs (Rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), Will County, 2021 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat
MLA 9
American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs, Rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), Will County, 2021 to 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/rent-burdened-households/will-county-illinois. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs. Rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), Will County, 2021 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/rent-burdened-households/will-county-illinois.
Harvard
U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs, Rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), Will County, 2021 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/rent-burdened-households/will-county-illinois (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
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title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs: Rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), Will County, 2021 to 2024}},
year = {2026},
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What is the rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income) in Will County?
Rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income) in Will County was 51.5% in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 1.7 pts from 2023. That is the 9th highest of 102 counties in 2024.
Where does this figure come from?
U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.
What was the highest rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income) in Will County?
51.5% in 2024, the highest value since 2021 in this series.