Kankakee vs Momence

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

Kankakee and Momence 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 3,076 in Momence). Momence has the higher median household income ($52,048 vs $45,119 in Kankakee). Momence has the higher median home value ($159,600 vs $105,500 in Kankakee).

Population, income & housing

	Kankakee	Momence
Population	24,384	3,076
Median age	36.4 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$45,119	$52,048
Median home value	$105,500	$159,600
Median gross rent	$986	$803
Housing units	11,309	1,241
Homeownership rate	49.4%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kankakee	Momence
Population	25,830 → 24,384 (-5.6%)	3,143 → 3,076 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$37,894 → $45,119 (+19.1%)	$49,844 → $52,048 (+4.4%)
Median home value	$88,500 → $105,500 (+19.2%)	$143,400 → $159,600 (+11.3%)
Median gross rent	$820 → $986 (+20.2%)	$803 → $803 (+0.0%)

Kankakee

Population

25,83024,384

Median household income

$37,894$45,119

Median home value

$88,500$105,500

Median gross rent

$820$986

Momence

Population

3,1433,076

Median household income

$49,844$52,048

Median home value

$143,400$159,600

Median gross rent

$803$803

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kankakee	Momence
Under 5	7.0%	10.0%
5 to 17	18.6%	16.2%
18 to 24	8.5%	10.1%
25 to 34	14.0%	11.3%
35 to 44	13.8%	12.2%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.0%
55 to 64	11.9%	8.3%
65 to 74	8.6%	8.5%
75 and over	5.7%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kankakee	Momence
White (non-Hispanic)	31.9%	75.4%
Black or African American	40.2%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	24.0%	18.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kankakee	Momence
No high school diploma	18.9%	12.2%
High school graduate	38.2%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kankakee	Momence
Drove alone	76.4%	76.3%
Carpooled	10.4%	14.3%
Public transit	3.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.5%
Worked from home	4.2%	2.6%
Other means	2.8%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kankakee	Momence
1-unit, detached	62.8%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	8.1%
20 or more units	10.9%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kankakee	Momence
Poverty rate	27.8%	8.5%
Average household size	2.47	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1955	1959