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41.52° N · 87.80° W · GEOID 1727644

Frankfort Square

Will County, Illinois · part of the Chicago, IL metro

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The short answer

Frankfort Square is home to 9,560 people. Median household income is $126,897 a year and median rent is $1,622 a month, 15.3% of income (a ratio of two medians, not any one household's burden). Rent pressure is lighter than in most places. The median home is valued at $305,800, about 2.4x annual median household income.

Frankfort Square stands out on how people work. Unemployment is 7.4%, against 4.4% in its closest peers. Also notable: Rent is light relative to pay, but the county has a FEMA natural hazard risk score of 97 out of 100. Budget for insurance before counting the savings.

55OF 100

CTXCitytistics Index

Above average

Frankfort Square scores better than 55% of the 6,612 places we rate, and ranks 206th of 335 in Illinois.

How the CTX is built

Category ratings · 0 to 100, typical place 50

Affordability 20%90
Economy 20%50
Safety 20%n/a
Amenities 15%14
Education 10%52
Commute 10%32
Growth 5%n/a

Not rated: safety, growth, for want of data (the city police department does not report a full year to the FBI). The other weights are spread over the categories rated.

Median gross rent
$1,622
19% above the median place
Median household income
$126,897
58% above the median place
Median home value
$305,800
4% below the median place
Unemployment
7.4%
51% above the median place

Compared with the median of the 6,645 places we track. The bundle was checked 2026-11-14; each measure may refer to an older release.

What stands out about Frankfort Square

  • AffordabilityCompared with the 25 places most like it in size, age, education, housing and region (such as Lakes of the Four Seasons, IN, Dunlap, IN and Hidden Valley, IN), money left after rent here is higher: $105,500 against a typical $84,800.
  • Housing95% of homes are owner-occupied, more than in 96% of the 2,476 places under 10,000 people we track.
01

Moving to Frankfort Square

Will County gains about 0.5 residents per 1,000 a year to moves between counties.

Moved in30,302
Moved out29,968
Net+334

Where people come from and where they go, top counties

Cook County, IL12,8907,548+5,342
DuPage County, IL5,4693,886+1,583
Kendall County, IL1,0451,694−649
Grundy County, IL8411,236−395
Kane County, IL755814−59
Lake County, IN480834−354

Within Illinois, other states or abroad

Arrivals
Leavers
Within IllinoisOther statesAbroad

Income per tax return

Arrivals$84K
Leavers$82K

People on tax returns who moved between counties, from IRS migration data, 2022 to 2023. Figures are for all of Will County; flows under 20 returns are not published.

Who moves here
6.3% of residents arrived from another county in the past year, 0.8% from another state.
Who arrives and who leaves
Households moving into Will County report $83,700 a year in income on average; those leaving, $82,300.
Income you would need
$64,900 a year to rent the median home at the 30% line. From your city
Rent or buy
Median rent is $1,622 a month; owners with a mortgage pay $2,055 a month including taxes and insurance, on a median home of $305,800.
Getting to work
28 minutes each way on average; 11.5% work from home; 2.0% take transit.
If it is close but not quite
Credit River, MN matches it on character for less of your income. Compare the two
Moved here in the past year1
6.3%
9% above the median place
Moved from another state1
0.8%
58% below the median place
Income of households moving out7
$82,337
17% above the median place
All 5 moving measures
MeasureFrankfort SquareAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Moved here in the past year16.3%9% above
Moved from another state1County figure0.8%58% below
Net movers per 1,000 people7County figure0.5above (median -0.6)
Income of households moving in7County figure$83,70619% above
Income of households moving out7County figure$82,33717% above
02

What it costs to live here

Homeowners pay a median of about 2.2% of home value a year in property tax, more than in 94% of the 2,266 places under 10,000 people we track.

Frankfort Square15.3%
Typical place20.4%

Share of the median household income that goes to the median rent. Above 30% is the usual stress line.

Income needed to rent
$64,880
a year, at the 30% line
Rent to income
15.3%
25% below the median place
Home price to income
2.4x
37% below the median place

Could you afford it?

The median rent would take
15%
comfortably under the 30% line
Left after rent, in US prices
$105,600
a year
Vs the typical household here
Same
as the median household

Uses the median rent in Frankfort Square, $1,622 a month, and local prices for everything else (101.9 against a US average of 100). It runs in your browser and stores nothing.

Like Frankfort Square, but easier on the budget

Places that match Frankfort Square on character (size, age, education, homeownership, household size, housing age, remote work and climate) but where rent takes a clearly smaller share of income. Cost was left out of the match on purpose.

PlaceMatchRent to incomeMore left a year
Credit River, MN887.5% vs 15.3%$22,600Compare
St. John, IN889.0% vs 15.3%$11,900Compare
Miller Place, NY879.6% vs 15.3%$20,400Compare
Rockton, IL879.2% vs 15.3%$6,300Compare

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Homeownership1
95.2%
43% above the median place
Property tax rate1
2.2%
145% above the median place
Renters paying 30%+1
37.0%
27% below the median place
All 16 cost and housing measures
MeasureFrankfort SquareAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median gross rent1$1,62219% above
Rent to income115.3%25% below
Property tax rate12.2%145% above
Home price to income12.4x37% below
Prices vs US average2Metro figure103.63% above
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3County figure$2,01125% above
HUD area median income4County figure$121,50013% above
Property tax paid (median)1$6,827109% above
Median home value1$305,8004% below
Home prices, 1-year change5County figure4.6%44% above
Home prices, 5-year change5County figure52.5%2% above
Homeownership195.2%43% above
Renters paying 30%+137.0%27% below
Owner costs with a mortgage1$2,05510% above
Vacant homes1County figure3.9%44% below
Median year built119840% above
03

Work and pay

Median household income is $126,897, 58% above the median place.

Median household income1
$126,897
58% above the median place
Unemployment1
7.4%
51% above the median place
Poverty rate1
6.4%
40% below the median place

More on work and pay, against the typical place

Mean commute28 min +12%
Income per person$44,151 +10%
Works from home11.5% −8%
All 10 work and pay measures
MeasureFrankfort SquareAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median household income1$126,89758% above
Income per person1$44,15110% above
Unemployment17.4%51% above
Average annual pay6County figure$62,4185% below
Pay growth, 1 year6County figure3.1%16% below
Jobs6County figure267,86878% above
Poverty rate16.4%40% below
Mean commute128 min12% above
Works from home111.5%8% below
Commutes by transit1County figure2.0%141% above
04

Who lives here

Homes with broadband is 99.2%, 7% above the median place.

Homes with broadband1
99.2%
7% above the median place
Household size1
3.0
19% above the median place
High school or higher1
96.4%
4% above the median place

More about who lives here, against the typical place

Median age42.3 +8%
Born abroad6.3% −29%
Bachelor's or higher32.9% +3%
All 8 people measures
MeasureFrankfort SquareAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Population19,5604290th largest
Median age142.38% above
Bachelor's or higher132.9%3% above
High school or higher196.4%4% above
Household size13.019% above
Born abroad16.3%29% below
No health insurance1County figure5.2%19% below
Homes with broadband199.2%7% above
05

Life in Frankfort Square

The nearest National Park Service site is Pullman National Historical Park, about 16 miles away.

38 sites are on the National Register of Historic Places, one of them a National Historic Landmark. Its history on Wikipedia

Out the door, against the typical place

Parks per 10k residents19.9 +95%
Playgrounds per 10k6.3 −33%
Grocery stores per 10k0.0 −100%
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k0.0 −100%
Libraries per 10k0.0 −100%
Named paths and bike trails0 km −100%
Bus and rail stops per sq mi0.0 −100%

Mapped by volunteers in OpenStreetMap inside the city limits (Census boundaries), so coverage is fuller in some places than others. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

National Park Service sites nearby

  • Pullman National Historical Park 16 miles
  • Indiana Dunes National Park 37 miles
  • Lincoln Home National Historic Site 153 miles

Businesses per 10,000 residents (county figures)

Restaurants and bars18.6 −11%
Shops23.8 −21%
Arts, recreation and fitness3.9 −5%
Doctors' offices and clinics23.8 +18%
Child care centers1.8 −22%

Counts businesses with paid staff, so small owner-run shops are not included.

Nearest National Park Service site10
15.7
49% below the median place
Public schools12
206
above the median place (median 9)
Public school students12
112,659
above the median place (median 4,897)
All 18 schools and local life measures
MeasureFrankfort SquareAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Public schools12County figure206above (median 9)
Public school students12County figure112,659above (median 4,897)
Students per teacher12County figure14.37% below
Restaurants and bars per 10k8County figure18.611% below
Shops per 10k8County figure23.821% below
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k8County figure3.95% below
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k8County figure23.818% above
Child care centers per 10k8County figure1.822% below
Parks per 10k919.995% above
Playgrounds per 10k96.333% below
Grocery stores per 10k90.0below (median 2.1)
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k90.0below (median 11.2)
Libraries per 10k90.0below (median 0.9)
Named paths and bike trails90.0below (median 2.0)
Transit stops per sq mi90.0below (median 0.2)
Nearest National Park Service site1015.749% below
National Park Service sites within 60 miles1020% above
National Register listings11County figure38192% above
06

Safety, weather and risk

Tornado risk is 99.2, 22% above the median place.

No crime figure yet. Either the city police department did not report to the FBI for the latest year, or our monthly fetch has not reached Frankfort Square. Larger places are fetched first.

Tornado risk14
99.2
22% above the median place
January average low13
16°F
35% below the median place
Hurricane risk14
26.2
63% below the median place
All 11 weather and risk measures
MeasureFrankfort SquareAmong 6,645 placesVs median
July average high13County figure84°F3% below
January average low13County figure16°F35% below
Average temperature13County figure51°F8% below
Annual precipitation13County figure39.2 in11% below
Natural hazard risk14County figure97.35% above
Hurricane risk14County figure26.263% below
Tornado risk14County figure99.222% above
Wildfire risk14County figure56.28% below
Heat wave risk14County figure95.56% above
Median air quality index15County figure442% above
Good air days15County figure61.6%10% below
08

Frankfort Square in 2030: where the trends point

If recent trends hold, the median rent will take about 16% of the median income in 2030, about the same as 15% now.

Citytistics projections to 2030: each figure's own trend, blended with the typical trend across the places we rate, eased toward long-run US growth and carried forward from the latest release. The range is where 80% of places landed when we tested the same method on past releases. On projected 2030 affordability, Frankfort Square does better than 89% of places. Its projected home value growth beats 22%.

MeasureLatest2030 projectionLikely rangeAvg. per year
Median rent$1,622/mo (2024)$2,080/mo$1,710 to $2,540/mo+4.3%
Median household income$126,897 (2024)$160,500$135,500 to $190,000+4.0%
Median home value$305,800 (2024)$430,000$312,000 to $592,000+5.8%

The median home would be worth 2.7 years of the median income in 2030, against 2.4 now.

A projection of recent trends, not a prediction of the economy or advice to buy or sell. How we project.

09

Places like Frankfort Square

The closest matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, and the places nearby.

PlaceRentIncome
Lakes of the Four Seasons, IN$1,688$121,750Compare
Champlin, MN$1,689$116,102Compare
Joppatowne, MD$1,729$117,881Compare
Hopatcong, NJ$1,777$115,758Compare
Hopatcong, NJJoppatowne, MDChamplin, MNLakes of the Four Seasons, INFrankfort Square, ILFrankfort SquareChamplinJoppatowneHopatcongFrankfort SquareChamplinJoppatowneHopatcong

Places built like Frankfort Square

Its statistical peers: the closest matches on size, age, education, homeownership, household size, housing age, origin and remote work, in the same part of the country. Cost and outcomes are left out of the match, so the table shows how Frankfort Square performs against places like it.

PlaceRent to incomeIncome growthPop. change
Frankfort Square, IL15.3%4.9%/yrn/a
Lakes of the Four Seasons, IN16.6%5.9%/yrn/aCompare
Dunlap, IN17.5%3.3%/yrn/aCompare
Hidden Valley, IN13.7%2.5%/yrn/aCompare
Delhi Hills, OH18.7%1.4%/yrn/aCompare
Lisbon, WI13.3%n/a7.9%Compare
Uniontown, OH13.0%6.9%/yrn/aCompare

Common questions

Is Frankfort Square a good place to live?

It depends on what you need, so here is what the numbers say. Its Citytistics Index is 55 out of 100, better than 55% of the places we rate and 206th of 335 in Illinois. Compared with the 25 places most like it in size, age, education, housing and region (such as Lakes of the Four Seasons, IN, Dunlap, IN and Hidden Valley, IN), money left after rent here is higher: $105,500 against a typical $84,800. 95% of homes are owner-occupied, more than in 96% of the 2,476 places under 10,000 people we track. On cost, space and class size it scores 100 out of 100 for families. See how it ranks with your own weights.

Is Frankfort Square expensive to live in?

The median rent takes 15.3% of the median household income, against 20.4% in the typical place we track. Housing is a lighter load here than usual. The median home is valued at $305,800.

What salary do you need to live in Frankfort Square?

To rent the median home without spending more than 30% of income on rent, a household needs about $64,880 a year. Work it out from your current city.

What places are similar to Frankfort Square?

On income, rent, home value, education and age, the closest matches are Lakes of the Four Seasons, IN, Champlin, MN, Joppatowne, MD and Hopatcong, NJ.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Every dataset is public; links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. Income Limits · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2026
  5. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  6. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  7. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  8. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  9. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  10. National Park Service sites · Wikidata (CC0), units operated by the National Park Service · Retrieved 2026-11
  11. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  12. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  13. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  14. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  15. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

What stands out compares Frankfort Square with places of a similar size, using only figures measured for Frankfort Square itself; county and metro figures never count. Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology. API: /api/v1/places/frankfort-square-illinois

Citytistics. “Frankfort Square, Illinois.” Data as of 2026-11-14. https://www.citytistics.com/city/frankfort-square-illinois/

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