Bradley vs Kankakee

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

Bradley 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 15,331 in Bradley). Bradley has the higher median household income ($62,940 vs $45,119 in Kankakee). Bradley has the higher median home value ($164,400 vs $105,500 in Kankakee).

Population, income & housing

	Bradley	Kankakee
Population	15,331	24,384
Median age	35.5 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,940	$45,119
Median home value	$164,400	$105,500
Median gross rent	$1,181	$986
Housing units	6,375	11,309
Homeownership rate	63.4%	49.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bradley	Kankakee
Population	15,368 → 15,331 (-0.2%)	25,830 → 24,384 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$60,012 → $62,940 (+4.9%)	$37,894 → $45,119 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$135,200 → $164,400 (+21.6%)	$88,500 → $105,500 (+19.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,043 → $1,181 (+13.2%)	$820 → $986 (+20.2%)

Bradley

Population

15,36815,331

Median household income

$60,012$62,940

Median home value

$135,200$164,400

Median gross rent

$1,043$1,181

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)

	Bradley	Kankakee
Under 5	5.9%	7.0%
5 to 17	14.2%	18.6%
18 to 24	14.6%	8.5%
25 to 34	14.6%	14.0%
35 to 44	12.7%	13.8%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.0%
55 to 64	11.7%	11.9%
65 to 74	8.3%	8.6%
75 and over	5.7%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bradley	Kankakee
White (non-Hispanic)	78.2%	31.9%
Black or African American	5.8%	40.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.0%	24.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bradley	Kankakee
No high school diploma	7.3%	18.9%
High school graduate	33.1%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bradley	Kankakee
Drove alone	79.0%	76.4%
Carpooled	8.3%	10.4%
Public transit	0.4%	3.0%
Walked	4.9%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.4%
Worked from home	5.6%	4.2%
Other means	1.2%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bradley	Kankakee
1-unit, detached	76.3%	62.8%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	9.5%
20 or more units	0.4%	10.9%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Bradley	Kankakee
Poverty rate	8.9%	27.8%
Average household size	2.49	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1973	1955