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Mortgage brokers and lenders in Will County, IL

The mortgage brokers and lenders in Will County, IL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #254 of 887 scored counties
#6 of 22 scored counties in Illinois

Listings
88
27 chain locations (31%)
Official establishments
27
+17.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$4B
On rent and homeowner costs · $16,333 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
116
16% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.6
16% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
712,253
+2.2% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 88 mortgage brokers and lenders in Will County. 27 of them (31%) are chain locations, against 21% across the U.S. That is 3.6 per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 4.3.

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Will County comes to about $4B a year: $16,333 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 16% above the U.S. figure. That figure is all rent and homeowner costs, used as a measure of housing demand; it is not money mortgage brokers and lenders take in.

In 2023, official counts showed 27 businesses with payroll in Will County classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders, up 17.4% from 2019. That is one for every 9,047 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Will County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For mortgage brokers and lenders, Will County has a Groundwork market score of 60 (upper middle): #254 of 887 scored counties and #6 of 22 scored counties in Illinois.

How Will County compares

The same measures for Illinois and the whole U.S. Housing spending per listing divides all rent and homeowner costs by the listings counted: a measure of housing demand for each business, not money any of them take in, so it is shown against the U.S. (100) only. Households per establishment divides households by the official count.

Mortgage brokers and lenders in Will County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureWill CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.64.04.3
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)11696100
Households per official establishment9,0477,2894,897
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+17.4%+2.7%+9.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.2%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$16,333$14,866$16,661
Median household income$109,984$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score6038

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
23 → 27+17.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
170
Annual payroll, 2023
$14.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
8827 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
102The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in Will County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.

Population and households in Will County

Population, 2025 estimate
712,253+2.2% since 2020
Households
244,273
Median age
39.7
Homes lived in by their owners
83%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
836 sq. mi.
People per square mile
839
Median household income
$109,984+26.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$134,183
Median home value
$319,600
Jobs located here
272,349
Daytime population
615,002Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Mortgage brokers and lenders across Illinois

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The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for mortgage brokers and lenders, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Will County marked.

Top counties in Illinois

Counties in Illinois ranked for mortgage brokers and lenders by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Kendall County, IL8361.3318+9.9%#13 of 887
2Tazewell County, IL6650.9391−0.9%#156 of 887
3Sangamon County, IL66121.4256−1.0%#158 of 887
4Champaign County, IL63172.0173+1.8%#200 of 887
5Winnebago County, IL61171.5233−0.4%#227 of 887
6Will County, IL60883.6116+2.2%#254 of 887
7McLean County, IL59182.6144+0.1%#264 of 887
8Williamson County, IL5562.1165+0.2%#326 of 887
9LaSalle County, IL5251.1319−1.5%#395 of 887
10Kankakee County, IL5161.5243−1.7%#409 of 887

Other business types in Will County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in Will County, IL?

Will County has 88 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings as of September 2026. 27 of them (31%) are chain locations. The listings count mortgage brokers and mortgage lenders. Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in 2023, up 17.4% from 2019.

How much do households in Will County, IL spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $4B a year, or $16,333 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 88 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, housing spending per office is 16% above the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money mortgage brokers and lenders take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 244,273 households in Will County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Will County, IL compare with the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders?

Will County has 3.6 mortgage brokers and lenders per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 4.3. The index of housing spending per office is 116, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, Will County would have about 102, against 88 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,047 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S. The official count rose 17.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.5% for the U.S.

How fast is Will County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Will County at 712,253 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 244,273 households. The median household income in Will County is $109,984 a year, 36% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.5% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.

What is the Groundwork market score?

The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Will County scores 60 for mortgage brokers and lenders (upper middle), #254 of 887 scored counties.

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