In October 2023, the median sale price of a home in Kankakee County fell by $26,050 from the same period in the previous year, while total sales decreased by 19.1%.
The most prevalent ethnicity in the Kankakee County district's student body in the 2021-22 school year was white, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
There was one offender convicted of a sex crime living in Kankakee County released on parole during the third quarter of 2023, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the Kankakee Times.