Kankakee County vs Tazewell County

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

Kankakee County and Tazewell County are counties in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Tazewell County has the higher population (130,555 vs 106,833 in Kankakee County). Tazewell County has the higher median household income ($76,704 vs $68,325 in Kankakee County). Kankakee County has the higher median home value ($185,700 vs $164,500 in Tazewell County).

Population, income & housing

	Kankakee County	Tazewell County
Population	106,833	130,555
Median age	39.0 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$68,325	$76,704
Median home value	$185,700	$164,500
Median gross rent	$1,075	$898
Housing units	45,396	58,664
Homeownership rate	68.8%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kankakee County	Tazewell County
Population	110,637 → 106,833 (-3.4%)	133,195 → 130,555 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$58,902 → $68,325 (+16.0%)	$63,454 → $76,704 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$147,900 → $185,700 (+25.6%)	$142,000 → $164,500 (+15.8%)
Median gross rent	$887 → $1,075 (+21.2%)	$741 → $898 (+21.2%)

Kankakee County

Population

110,637106,833

Median household income

$58,902$68,325

Median home value

$147,900$185,700

Median gross rent

$887$1,075

Tazewell County

Population

133,195130,555

Median household income

$63,454$76,704

Median home value

$142,000$164,500

Median gross rent

$741$898

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kankakee County	Tazewell County
Under 5	5.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.2%	17.0%
18 to 24	9.8%	7.3%
25 to 34	12.5%	11.8%
35 to 44	12.0%	13.2%
45 to 54	12.1%	12.5%
55 to 64	13.1%	13.4%
65 to 74	10.3%	11.3%
75 and over	7.2%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kankakee County	Tazewell County
White (non-Hispanic)	68.9%	92.6%
Black or African American	14.6%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kankakee County	Tazewell County
No high school diploma	9.0%	6.0%
High school graduate	35.8%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kankakee County	Tazewell County
Drove alone	79.1%	80.7%
Carpooled	7.8%	6.7%
Public transit	1.1%	0.4%
Walked	2.9%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.2%	9.7%
Other means	1.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kankakee County	Tazewell County
1-unit, detached	71.2%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	6.1%
20 or more units	3.5%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Kankakee County	Tazewell County
Poverty rate	12.5%	8.7%
Average household size	2.50	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1971	1969