Home values, rents and more in the Kankakee metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Kankakee metro compares
The typical home in the Kankakee metro area is worth about $227,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Kankakee metro are 23% below the typical value in Illinois ($296,000) and 38% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Kankakee metro rose 6.0%, compared with +5.3% in Illinois and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,327 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 32% below Illinois ($1,958) and 31% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 5.5% over the past year.
The median household income is $71,281, against $83,390 in Illinois and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 105,525 people live in the Kankakee metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Kankakee metro has the 359th-lowest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 5th-highest of 28 in Illinois with Zillow figures.
Part of: Illinois
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Kankakee metro
Cities in the Kankakee metro
- Kankakee, IL $156,000
- Bourbonnais, IL $303,000
- Bradley, IL $190,000
- Manteno, IL $319,000
- Momence, IL $186,000
- Grant Park, IL $296,000
- Limestone, IL $240,000
- Herscher, IL $238,000
- Saint Anne, IL $162,000
- Essex, IL $290,000
- Hopkins Park, IL $108,000
- Bonfield, IL $316,000
- Buckingham, IL $269,000
- Cabery, IL $159,000
- Reddick, IL $258,000
Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.