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Kankakee, IL Urban Area

65,635 Population
31.7 square miles 2,073.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±1.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$35,886 ±$2,543 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$65,836 ±$5,085 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

14.3% ±3.8% (8,936  ±2,390) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.6 minutes ±1.2 (651,555  ±41,299) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

25,543 ±1,518 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.2 (61,924  ±2,834) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.4% ±2.4% (698  ±395) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

29,233 ±1,163 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$196,200 ±$19,467 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

8.8% ±2.5% (5,688  ±1,637.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.5% ±5.4% (41,152  ±3,238) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
24.7% ±3.3% (10,973  ±1,568.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

6.1% ±1.8% (4,013  ±1,166) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.2% ±1.3% (2,153  ±680) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
2,153 Total veterans ±680 2,050 Male ±639 103 Female ±171

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