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Grant Park is a small town of 1,449 people in Kankakee County, Illinois. It's about 15 miles from Kankakee, IL and 41 miles from Chicago, IL, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 84°F and winter highs 32°F, with about 26 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $216k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,449people
$216kTypical home
$1,177/moRent
84° / 32°Summer / winter
26"Snow
222Sunny days
107Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,449
- Part of a metro area
- About 423 people per sq mi
- 41 mi to Chicago, IL
- 15 mi to Kankakee, IL
- 12 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $216k (≈$1,361/mo)
- Median rent $1,177/mo
- Median household income $78k
- Property tax about 2.2% of value
- 8.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 84°F
- Winter highs around 32°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 63°F)
- 222 sunny days a year (75 totally clear)
- 143 cloudy days a year
- 49 of 90 winter days are gray
- 107 days a year with rain or snow
- 26" of snow a year
- 9 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 24 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (143 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (483 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 34
- 34% of households have kids
- 20% are 65 or older
- 14% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 29 min
- 6% walk or take transit to work
- 28 mi to GYY airport
- 38 mi to MDW (major hub)
- 15 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 83% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1973
- 90% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 702 ft
- 578 mi to the ocean
- 30 mi to a big lake
- 23 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 55 mi to the nearest ski area
- 11 mi to the nearest campground
- 47 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 568 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 122 bars within 25 mi
- 170 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 8 museums within 25 mi
- 9 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 22 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 35% of Illinois districts (reading)
- 5 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 17 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 17 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 10 mi to the nearest vet
- 14 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 14 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Kankakee County: R+21 in 2024
- Illinois: D+11 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk