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Real estate agents and brokers in the Kankakee, IL metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for real estate agents and brokers in the Kankakee, IL metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #226 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois
- Listings
- 79
- 5 chain locations (6%)
- Official establishments
- 32
- +10.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $568.2M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,860 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 132
- 32% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.3
- 37% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 105,525
- −1.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Kankakee metro area comes to about $568.2M a year: $13,860 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 32% above the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money real estate agents and brokers take in.
There are 79 real estate agents and brokers on map listings in the Kankakee metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 6% of them, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 19.3, 37% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in the Kankakee metro area was 32 in 2023, up 10.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,281 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the Kankakee metro area declined 1.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For real estate agents and brokers, the Kankakee metro area has a Groundwork market score of 45 (lower middle): #226 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois.
How the Kankakee metro area compares
The same measures for Illinois and the whole U.S. Housing spending per listing divides all rent and homeowner costs by the listings counted: a measure of housing demand for each business, not money any of them take in, so it is shown against the U.S. (100) only. Households per establishment divides households by the official count.
| Measure | Kankakee metro area | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.3 | 25.5 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 132 | 107 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,281 | 1,021 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +10.3% | +10.8% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.7% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,860 | $14,866 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $71,281 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 32+10.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 41
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 795 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 104The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in the Kankakee metro area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in the Kankakee metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 105,525−1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 40,996
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 677 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 158
- Median household income
- $71,281+21.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,302
- Median home value
- $192,600
- Jobs located here
- 41,664
- Daytime population
- 98,238Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Illinois for real estate agents and brokers, numbered among those based in Illinois (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Kankakee metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Decatur, IL | 58 | 51 | 11.7 | 205 | −4.3% | #100 of 387 |
| 2Peoria, IL | 55 | 250 | 16.2 | 157 | −1.3% | #128 of 387 |
| Paducah, KY-IL | 53 | 75 | 18.0 | 144 | −1.2% | #147 of 387 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 52 | 289 | 17.9 | 142 | −0.9% | #157 of 387 |
| 3Rockford, IL | 51 | 215 | 15.9 | 156 | −0.3% | #168 of 387 |
| 4Bloomington, IL | 50 | 170 | 24.2 | 109 | +0.1% | #181 of 387 |
| 5Springfield, IL | 49 | 173 | 19.2 | 135 | −1.2% | #184 of 387 |
| Cape Girardeau, MO-IL | 49 | 72 | 18.8 | 129 | +1.7% | #186 of 387 |
| 6Kankakee, IL | 45 | 79 | 19.3 | 132 | −1.7% | #226 of 387 |
| 7Champaign-Urbana, IL | 42 | 214 | 21.8 | 114 | +1.5% | #259 of 387 |
Other business types in the Kankakee metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
- Real estate51
- Real estate agents and brokers45
- Property management59
- Mortgage brokers and lenders50
- Home inspectors10
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in the Kankakee, IL metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 79 real estate agents and brokers in the Kankakee metro area. 5 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023, up 10.3% from 2019.
How much do households in the Kankakee, IL metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $568.2M a year, or $13,860 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 79 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 32% above the U.S. figure. That figure is all rent and homeowner costs, used as a measure of housing demand; it is not money real estate agents and brokers take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 40,996 households in the Kankakee metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Kankakee, IL metro area compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
The Kankakee metro area has 19.3 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 37% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 132, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, the Kankakee metro area would have about 104, against 79 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,281 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +20.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Kankakee, IL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Kankakee metro area at 105,525 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 40,996 households. Median household income in the Kankakee metro area is $71,281, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.0%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Kankakee metro area scores 45 for real estate agents and brokers (lower middle), #226 of 387 scored metro areas.
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