Bourbonnais vs Kankakee

A side-by-side comparison of Bourbonnais and Kankakee: population, income, housing, and more.

Bourbonnais and Kankakee are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kankakee has the higher population (24,384 vs 18,109 in Bourbonnais). Bourbonnais has the higher median household income ($81,017 vs $45,119 in Kankakee). Bourbonnais has the higher median home value ($242,600 vs $105,500 in Kankakee).

Population, income & housing

	Bourbonnais	Kankakee
Population	18,109	24,384
Median age	34.6 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$81,017	$45,119
Median home value	$242,600	$105,500
Median gross rent	$1,132	$986
Housing units	6,500	11,309
Homeownership rate	70.2%	49.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.0%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bourbonnais	Kankakee
Population	19,653 → 18,109 (-7.9%)	25,830 → 24,384 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$73,882 → $81,017 (+9.7%)	$37,894 → $45,119 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$173,700 → $242,600 (+39.7%)	$88,500 → $105,500 (+19.2%)
Median gross rent	$920 → $1,132 (+23.0%)	$820 → $986 (+20.2%)

Bourbonnais

Population

19,65318,109

Median household income

$73,882$81,017

Median home value

$173,700$242,600

Median gross rent

$920$1,132

Kankakee

Population

25,83024,384

Median household income

$37,894$45,119

Median home value

$88,500$105,500

Median gross rent

$820$986

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bourbonnais	Kankakee
Under 5	4.7%	7.0%
5 to 17	16.3%	18.6%
18 to 24	17.8%	8.5%
25 to 34	11.6%	14.0%
35 to 44	11.3%	13.8%
45 to 54	10.8%	12.0%
55 to 64	12.3%	11.9%
65 to 74	9.3%	8.6%
75 and over	5.9%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bourbonnais	Kankakee
White (non-Hispanic)	73.0%	31.9%
Black or African American	10.7%	40.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	24.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bourbonnais	Kankakee
No high school diploma	4.6%	18.9%
High school graduate	34.8%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bourbonnais	Kankakee
Drove alone	79.1%	76.4%
Carpooled	6.6%	10.4%
Public transit	0.9%	3.0%
Walked	4.7%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.8%	4.2%
Other means	2.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bourbonnais	Kankakee
1-unit, detached	65.8%	62.8%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	15.6%	9.5%
20 or more units	0.6%	10.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Bourbonnais	Kankakee
Poverty rate	9.7%	27.8%
Average household size	2.60	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1979	1955