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Kankakee, IL

24,384 Population
15.1 square miles 1,610 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: 39 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,194 ±$1,596 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: $35,005 ±$1,012
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$45,119 ±$2,760 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: $68,325 ±$2,842
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

27.8% ±3.3% (6,536  ±776) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: 12.6% 12,883 (±1% / ±1,053)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

21.6 minutes ±1 (201,380  ±15,392) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: 24.9 1,127,085 (±0.9 / ±49,340)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

9,312 ±303 Number of households
  • the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: 40,895 ±380
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.5 ±0.1 (23,004  ±417) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: 2.5 102,078 (±0 / ±105)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

9.2% ±2.8% (504  ±154) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: 5.5% † 1,336 (±1% / ±248)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

11,309 ±327 Number of housing units
  • the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: 45,396 ±106
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$105,500 ±$8,222 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: $185,700 ±$4,393
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

7.4% ±2% (1,773  ±474.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: 7.9% † 8,329 (±0.8% / ±855.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

81.1% ±4.4% (13,050  ±795.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: 91% 65,315 (±2.3% / ±1,663.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
12.5% ±1.8% (2,014  ±288.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: 20.4% 14,636 (±1.1% / ±816.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in Illinois: 37.2% 3,249,494 (±0.2% / ±13,788.4)

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

13.1% ±1.7% (3,200  ±426) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: 5.5% 5,865
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

5.8% ±1.4% (1,055  ±260) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: 7% † 5,741 (±0.7% / ±587)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
1,055 Total veterans ±260 875 Male ±254 180 Female ±76

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