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Cost of living in Kankakee, Illinois

Kankakee, Illinois has about 23,996 people. Typical rent is $1,023 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $47,514 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

Ranked #251 in Illinois on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.

Simple answer

Typical rent is $1,023 a month.

Kankakee is a city in Illinois. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $47,514 a year.

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People
23,996
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,023
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$47,514
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$104,900
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,349
Kankakee, IL MSA

Kankakee, Illinois has about 23,996 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $104,900.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Kankakee County is $1,349 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Kankakee. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Kankakee, IL metro area, prices sit at 96.4 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.

Illinois taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 9.0% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Kankakee's exact store tax.

In July 2026, a typical Illinois home paid 19.22¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Kankakee's bill.

EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Illinois in the table we use.

Among 648 places we list in Illinois with a rent figure, 336 have higher typical rent than Kankakee.

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USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.

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Bigger places in Illinois

Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.