Kankakee vs Manteno

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

Kankakee and Manteno 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 8,942 in Manteno). Manteno has the higher median household income ($96,057 vs $45,119 in Kankakee). Manteno has the higher median home value ($241,700 vs $105,500 in Kankakee).

Population, income & housing

	Kankakee	Manteno
Population	24,384	8,942
Median age	36.4 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$45,119	$96,057
Median home value	$105,500	$241,700
Median gross rent	$986	$1,072
Housing units	11,309	4,033
Homeownership rate	49.4%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kankakee	Manteno
Population	25,830 → 24,384 (-5.6%)	8,539 → 8,942 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$37,894 → $45,119 (+19.1%)	$63,371 → $96,057 (+51.6%)
Median home value	$88,500 → $105,500 (+19.2%)	$177,500 → $241,700 (+36.2%)
Median gross rent	$820 → $986 (+20.2%)	$888 → $1,072 (+20.7%)

Kankakee

Population

25,83024,384

Median household income

$37,894$45,119

Median home value

$88,500$105,500

Median gross rent

$820$986

Manteno

Population

8,5398,942

Median household income

$63,371$96,057

Median home value

$177,500$241,700

Median gross rent

$888$1,072

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kankakee	Manteno
Under 5	7.0%	2.8%
5 to 17	18.6%	18.8%
18 to 24	8.5%	4.9%
25 to 34	14.0%	8.0%
35 to 44	13.8%	13.0%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.3%
55 to 64	11.9%	15.0%
65 to 74	8.6%	15.7%
75 and over	5.7%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kankakee	Manteno
White (non-Hispanic)	31.9%	86.7%
Black or African American	40.2%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	24.0%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kankakee	Manteno
No high school diploma	18.9%	4.0%
High school graduate	38.2%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kankakee	Manteno
Drove alone	76.4%	77.9%
Carpooled	10.4%	7.5%
Public transit	3.0%	1.4%
Walked	2.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	12.0%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kankakee	Manteno
1-unit, detached	62.8%	55.9%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	13.6%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	8.7%
20 or more units	10.9%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	12.3%

Poverty & households

	Kankakee	Manteno
Poverty rate	27.8%	3.4%
Average household size	2.47	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	22	31
Median year structure built	1955	1993