Kankakee
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About Kankakee
City in Illinois, United StatesKankakee ( KANG-kə-KEE) is a city in and the county seat of Kankakee County, Illinois, United States. Located on the Kankakee River, as of 2020, the city's population was 24,052. Kankakee is a principal city of the Kankakee-Bourbonnais-Bradley Metropolitan Statistical Area. It serves as an anchor city in the rural plains outside Chicago.
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Housing in Kankakee
The median sale price was $146,000 in May 2026.
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Health in Kankakee
Health Grade D
Healthier than 6% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates.
Compared with Illinois
of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 8 are too close to call.
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