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Kankakee, IL

23,996 Population
15.1 square miles 1,584.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.1 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: 39 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,563 ±$2,225 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: $36,825 ±$905
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$47,514 ±$3,599 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: $71,281 ±$2,921
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

25.5% ±3.2% (5,909  ±747) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: 12.2% 12,498 (±1% / ±1,033)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22 minutes ±1.5 (198,380  ±18,748) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: 24.9 1,120,535 (±0.8 / ±45,916)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

9,122 ±375 Number of households
  • the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: 40,996 ±520
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (22,636  ±504) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: 2.5 101,820 (±0 / ±115)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.4% ±3.3% (445  ±176) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: 4.9% † 1,189 (±1% / ±233)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

11,049 ±329 Number of housing units
  • the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: 45,415 ±69
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$104,900 ±$9,473 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: $192,600 ±$5,640
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.7% ±1.8% (1,588  ±434.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: 7.5% † 7,951 (±0.9% / ±972.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

82.1% ±4.2% (13,001  ±777.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: 91.6% 65,819 (±2.2% / ±1,551)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
13% ±1.7% (2,063  ±283.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: 21.2% 15,226 (±1.1% / ±793.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

13.4% ±1.8% (3,222  ±435) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: 5.7% 6,116
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.2% ±1.3% (937  ±239) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: 6.5% 5,358 (±0.6% / ±499)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
937 Total veterans ±239 754 Male ±210 183 Female ±95

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