Kankakee, Illinois

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Aurora. It is located about 50 miles [80 km] to the northwest of Kankakee and has a population of 142,990 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Naperville. It is located about 47 miles [75 km] to the north of Kankakee and has a population of 128,358 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bolingbrook	N	42 mi [67.6 km]	70,823	25.75% increase
	Calumet City	NE	38 mi [61.2 km]	36,800	5.81% decrease
	Chicago Heights	N	30 mi [48.28 km]	30,586	6.68% decrease
	Downers Grove	N	48 mi [77.2 km]	49,250	1.08% increase
	Harvey	N	36 mi [57.9 km]	28,056	6.48% decrease
	Joliet	NW	32 mi [51.5 km]	146,125	37.57% increase
	Oak Lawn	N	42 mi [67.6 km]	53,244	3.62% decrease
	Orland Park	N	34 mi [54.7 km]	55,514	8.69% increase
	Tinley Park	N	32 mi [51.5 km]	59,198	22.31% increase
	Woodridge	N	44 mi [70.8 km]	34,130	10.33% increase
	East Chicago (IN)	NE	43 mi [69.2 km]	29,978	7.52% decrease
	Gary (IN)	NE	43 mi [69.2 km]	95,920	6.64% decrease
	Hammond (IN)	NE	40 mi [64.4 km]	76,732	7.61% decrease
	Merrillville (IN)	NE	38 mi [61.2 km]	33,057	8.17% increase
	Portage (IN)	NE	48 mi [77.2 km]	36,976	10.39% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Aroma Park	SE	3 mi [4.83 km]	1,035	26.07% increase
	Bonfield	W	10 mi [16.09 km]	379	4.12% increase
	Bourbonnais	N	5 mi [8.05 km]	19,024	24.7% increase
	Bradley	N	4 mi [6.44 km]	14,964	17.05% increase
	Chebanse	S	7 mi [11.27 km]	1,097	4.44% decrease
	Clifton	S	12 mi [19.31 km]	1,257	4.56% decrease
	Herscher	W	12 mi [19.31 km]	1,615	6.04% increase
	Irwin	SW	7 mi [11.27 km]	89	3.26% decrease
	Limestone	W	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Manteno	N	10 mi [16.09 km]	8,562	33.49% increase
	Momence	E	11 mi [17.7 km]	3,188	0.54% increase
	Papineau	SE	12 mi [19.31 km]	199	1.53% increase
	Saint Anne	SE	9 mi [14.48 km]	1,247	2.89% increase
	Sammons Point	S	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Sun River Terrace	E	6 mi [9.66 km]	526	37.34% increase

Kankakee County

Kankakee is located in Kankakee County and is the county seat.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Kankakee: Will, Iroquois, Ford, Livingston, Grundy, Lake (IN) and Newton (IN).

While not sharing a border with Kankakee, the counties of Cook and Jasper (IN) are close to Kankakee.

Below are counties that are near Kankakee (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Kankakee:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Kankakee
	Cook County	N	University Park	24 miles [38 km]
	Ford County	SW	Stelle	18 miles [28 km]
	Grundy County	W	Clarke City	20 miles [32 km]
	Iroquois County	S	Chebanse	7 miles [11 km]
	Kendall County	NW	Joliet	32 miles [51 km]
	Livingston County	W	Cardiff	22 miles [35 km]
	Tazewell County	NW	Fond du Lac	37 miles [59 km]
	Will County	NW	Custer Park	16 miles [25 km]
	Benton County (IN)	SE	Raub (IN)	32 miles [51 km]
	Jasper County (IN)	E	Roselawn (IN)	28 miles [45 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Illinois<3>

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