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Will County Facts  
 

Will County is a natural business magnet for many reasons:

  • Available, affordable land

    • Will County Land Area:  849 square miles
    • 13th largest county in the state of Illinois
    • 2nd largest in the 6 county Chicago Metro region
    • Between April of 2000 and October of 2007 Will County added over 52,957 single family dwelling units
    • The construction cost value of single-family building permits issued in Will County jumped from $80.3 million in 1985 to $591,249,132 million in October of 2007
    • The total assessed value of all property in Will County increased 13.9% to 18.358 billion in 2006, up from 16.124 billion in 2005
  • Tremendous highway, rail, water and air transportation accessibility and services
    • 5 interstates
    • Regional and national freight rail connections
    • Intercity and commuter rail services
    • Situated on the Illinois waterway system
    • Minutes from Chicago's O'Hare and Midway airports and Lewis airport
    • Opening of Logistics Park Chicago Intermodal Center in 2002 in Elwood
    • Recently announced plans for intermodal yards in Crete and Wilmington
  • Available workforce

    • Will County is 36th Nationally in New Job Creation

    • Total employment in Will County has increased 75%, from 106,073 in 1985, to 185,235 in 2000

    • In 2005 Will County had total personal income aggregate of $20.2 billion. This aggregate income ranked fourth in the state and accounted for 4.4 percent of the state total
    • In 2005, Will County had a per capita personal income of $31,520
    • The estimated average household effective buying income increased to $66,011 in 2006 from $36,530 in 1985, an increase of 80.77%
  • A tremendous pro-growth attitude among its’ thirty-seven municipalities (24 townships)
    • Since the 2000 Census, Will County is estimated to have gained 165,950 residents, by far the largest numerical increase posted by the state’s 102 counties and 10th highest among the nation’s 3,141 counties
    • Will County’s population has more than doubled (adding 339,706 residents) between 1985 and 2006, increasing from 328,511 to 668,217
    • In the year from July 1, 2005 to July 1, 2006, Will County’s population grew 25,592
    • Will County is set to become the state’s 3rd largest county by 2030, behind only Cook and DuPage Counties
    • The Chicago Metropolitan Area Agency for Planning (formerly Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission (NIPC)) projects that Will County’s population will exceed 1.1 million by the year 2030
    • The number of Will County business establishments is estimated to exceed 20,000 in 2007

In 2007, the total amount of industrial square footage surpassed 116,475,809 square feet. Additional acreage is designated for a proposed intermodal yard and industrial park in Crete, a distribution park and business park in Wilmington, a business park in Romeoville and a proposed industrial office/warehouse condominium facility in Bolingbrook.
 
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