Channahon vs Mokena

A side-by-side comparison of Channahon and Mokena: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mokena has the higher population (19,906 vs 13,854 in Channahon). Mokena has the higher median household income ($129,017 vs $121,458 in Channahon). Mokena has the higher median home value ($377,100 vs $298,000 in Channahon).

Population, income & housing

	Channahon	Mokena
Population	13,854	19,906
Median age	38.2 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$121,458	$129,017
Median home value	$298,000	$377,100
Median gross rent	$1,718	$1,405
Housing units	4,578	7,459
Homeownership rate	91.1%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.8%	44.5%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Channahon	Mokena
Population	12,833 → 13,854 (+8.0%)	20,674 → 19,906 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$91,897 → $121,458 (+32.2%)	$109,108 → $129,017 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$224,500 → $298,000 (+32.7%)	$319,200 → $377,100 (+18.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,350 → $1,718 (+27.3%)	$1,085 → $1,405 (+29.5%)

Channahon

Population

12,83313,854

Median household income

$91,897$121,458

Median home value

$224,500$298,000

Median gross rent

$1,350$1,718

Mokena

Population

20,67419,906

Median household income

$109,108$129,017

Median home value

$319,200$377,100

Median gross rent

$1,085$1,405

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Channahon	Mokena
Under 5	5.4%	4.6%
5 to 17	20.0%	17.9%
18 to 24	10.5%	8.1%
25 to 34	10.6%	9.9%
35 to 44	13.4%	10.8%
45 to 54	14.4%	16.1%
55 to 64	13.1%	16.1%
65 to 74	7.4%	10.1%
75 and over	5.1%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Channahon	Mokena
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	88.6%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Channahon	Mokena
No high school diploma	3.0%	2.1%
High school graduate	29.4%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Channahon	Mokena
Drove alone	82.9%	73.0%
Carpooled	6.7%	4.1%
Public transit	0.7%	4.9%
Walked	0.1%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	14.9%
Other means	0.7%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Channahon	Mokena
1-unit, detached	87.1%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	16.2%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Channahon	Mokena
Poverty rate	4.5%	4.5%
Average household size	3.13	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	31	32
Median year structure built	1999	1996