Migration to and from Will County, Illinois
Where Will County residents came from and where they went over the 5-year window 2016-2020. Census ACS County-to-County Migration Flows, 2020 5-yr (frozen vintage).
Total inflow
34,175
people moved in (5-yr)
Total outflow
39,584
people moved out (5-yr)
Net migration
-5,409
inflow minus outflow
Top 10 counties people moved IN from
| Origin | State / Region | People (5-yr) |
|---|---|---|
| Cook County | Illinois | 12,267 |
| DuPage County | Illinois | 6,297 |
| Kendall County | Illinois | 1,136 |
| Kane County | Illinois | 850 |
| Grundy County | Illinois | 743 |
| Kankakee County | Illinois | 625 |
| Asia | 606 | |
| Sangamon County | Illinois | 401 |
| Peoria County | Illinois | 398 |
| Central America | 364 |
Top 10 counties people moved OUT to
| Destination | State / Region | People (5-yr) |
|---|---|---|
| Cook County | Illinois | 6,454 |
| DuPage County | Illinois | 4,548 |
| Kane County | Illinois | 1,620 |
| Kendall County | Illinois | 1,059 |
| Champaign County | Illinois | 1,020 |
| Lake County | Indiana | 996 |
| Grundy County | Illinois | 982 |
| Kankakee County | Illinois | 708 |
| DeKalb County | Illinois | 634 |
| Johnson County | Illinois | 632 |
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Methodology
- Counts represent the number of people aged 1+ who reported a different residence at the survey reference date than they did one year earlier, aggregated across the 5-year sample window 2016-2020.
- Outbound (OUT) flows are reported less frequently than inbound (IN) because the survey captures the destination side of each move. Many county pairs have null OUT counts, which is normal.
- "Total inflow" sums the published MOVEDIN counts across all origin counties, including foreign-region inflows (Africa, Asia, Central America, etc.). It is not the same as net population change.
- Frozen vintage. The Census Bureau has not released a newer county-to-county migration flows file. The 2020 5-yr vintage (covering 2016-2020) is the latest available as of build date.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, County-to-County Migration Flows: 2016-2020. Vintage: 2020 5-yr. Generated: 2026-05-28. FIPS: 17197.