Grant Park vs Kankakee

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

Grant Park 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 1,547 in Grant Park). Grant Park has the higher median household income ($72,500 vs $45,119 in Kankakee). Grant Park has the higher median home value ($205,500 vs $105,500 in Kankakee).

Population, income & housing

	Grant Park	Kankakee
Population	1,547	24,384
Median age	33.5 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$72,500	$45,119
Median home value	$205,500	$105,500
Median gross rent	$1,149	$986
Housing units	472	11,309
Homeownership rate	67.4%	49.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grant Park	Kankakee
Population	1,411 → 1,547 (+9.6%)	25,830 → 24,384 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$60,000 → $72,500 (+20.8%)	$37,894 → $45,119 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$156,500 → $205,500 (+31.3%)	$88,500 → $105,500 (+19.2%)
Median gross rent	$841 → $1,149 (+36.6%)	$820 → $986 (+20.2%)

Grant Park

Population

1,4111,547

Median household income

$60,000$72,500

Median home value

$156,500$205,500

Median gross rent

$841$1,149

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)

	Grant Park	Kankakee
Under 5	12.5%	7.0%
5 to 17	29.4%	18.6%
18 to 24	2.3%	8.5%
25 to 34	10.3%	14.0%
35 to 44	13.8%	13.8%
45 to 54	5.6%	12.0%
55 to 64	8.1%	11.9%
65 to 74	11.1%	8.6%
75 and over	6.9%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grant Park	Kankakee
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	31.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	40.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	24.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grant Park	Kankakee
No high school diploma	6.1%	18.9%
High school graduate	39.4%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grant Park	Kankakee
Drove alone	88.0%	76.4%
Carpooled	0.8%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	3.0%
Walked	4.3%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	5.1%	4.2%
Other means	1.8%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grant Park	Kankakee
1-unit, detached	73.3%	62.8%
1-unit, attached	11.2%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	15.5%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Grant Park	Kankakee
Poverty rate	12.0%	27.8%
Average household size	3.26	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	31	22
Median year structure built	1972	1955