Frankfort vs Mokena

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

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

Frankfort has the higher population (20,417 vs 19,906 in Mokena). Frankfort has the higher median household income ($153,714 vs $129,017 in Mokena). Frankfort has the higher median home value ($461,600 vs $377,100 in Mokena).

Population, income & housing

	Frankfort	Mokena
Population	20,417	19,906
Median age	41.8 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$153,714	$129,017
Median home value	$461,600	$377,100
Median gross rent	$2,175	$1,405
Housing units	6,922	7,459
Homeownership rate	94.7%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.2%	44.5%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Frankfort	Mokena
Population	18,999 → 20,417 (+7.5%)	20,674 → 19,906 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$139,145 → $153,714 (+10.5%)	$109,108 → $129,017 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$384,900 → $461,600 (+19.9%)	$319,200 → $377,100 (+18.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,240 → $2,175 (+75.4%)	$1,085 → $1,405 (+29.5%)

Frankfort

Population

18,99920,417

Median household income

$139,145$153,714

Median home value

$384,900$461,600

Median gross rent

$1,240$2,175

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)

	Frankfort	Mokena
Under 5	5.4%	4.6%
5 to 17	24.1%	17.9%
18 to 24	6.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	6.6%	9.9%
35 to 44	12.1%	10.8%
45 to 54	15.1%	16.1%
55 to 64	15.1%	16.1%
65 to 74	9.6%	10.1%
75 and over	6.0%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Frankfort	Mokena
White (non-Hispanic)	78.6%	88.6%
Black or African American	10.8%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Frankfort	Mokena
No high school diploma	1.7%	2.1%
High school graduate	15.8%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	34.2%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	25.0%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Frankfort	Mokena
Drove alone	71.8%	73.0%
Carpooled	3.3%	4.1%
Public transit	4.3%	4.9%
Walked	0.3%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.4%	14.9%
Other means	0.9%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Frankfort	Mokena
1-unit, detached	81.7%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	13.9%	16.2%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Frankfort	Mokena
Poverty rate	4.4%	4.5%
Average household size	3.08	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	33	32
Median year structure built	2000	1996