Village · Kankakee County, Illinois

Manteno, Illinois

Manteno is a village in Kankakee County, Illinois, part of the Kankakee, IL metro area. It has 9,030 residents. Manteno, Illinois has a quality-of-life score of 48 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #8,203 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Illinois it ranks #362 of 697 cities and towns. It ranks best on child poverty rate (low), distance to an Amtrak station (low) and poverty rate (low). It ranks worst on effective property tax rate (high), job growth (low) and math scores (low).

48Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #8,203 of 15,651 cities and towns
Illinois: #362 of 697 in IL
Population: 9,030 (2020-2024)
Land area: 5 mi²
Density: 1,686.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 1746500

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety42#9,109/15,637
Economy75#3,934/15,631
Housing56#6,660/14,977
Health50#7,873/15,609
Healthcare60#6,283/15,650
Environment14#13,281/15,453
Education26#11,536/15,649
Infrastructure75#3,899/15,650
Community46#8,415/15,651
Leisure & amenities44#8,768/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Manteno, Illinois ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Kankakee County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Child poverty rate · low1.3%
96/100Illinois 14.1%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High uncertainty
Distance to an Amtrak station · low5 mi
95/100Illinois 13 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauKankakee County value
Poverty rate · low3.5%
91/100Illinois 11.5%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low2.6%
87/100Illinois 8.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010High uncertainty
Dental care shortage · low0.0
84/100Illinois 4.8United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationKankakee County value
Drought exposure · low8%
82/100Illinois 37%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAKankakee County value

Weaknesses

Effective property tax rate · high2.52%
2/100Illinois 1.88%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Job growth · low-3.2%
6/100Illinois 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataKankakee County value
Math scores · low2.65
11/100Illinois 2.90United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteKankakee County value
Reading scores · low2.74
11/100Illinois 2.97United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteKankakee County value
Average commute time · high32.0 min
13/100Illinois 27.8 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Primary care physicians · low37 /100k
18/100Illinois 82 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteKankakee County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
8,539 (2015-2019) → 9,030 (2020-2024)
+5.8%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedWorsening
3.1 /1k (2021) → 0.6 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−82%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Child poverty rateImproving
16.0% (2015-2019) → 1.3% (2020-2024)
−15 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$63,371 (2015-2019) → $97,634 (2020-2024)
+54%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
85.8% (2015-2019) → 95.2% (2020-2024)
+9.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Poverty rateImproving
9.4% (2015-2019) → 3.5% (2020-2024)
−5.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Manteno, Illinois improved on 3 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved3

Household income+54%$63,371 → $97,634
Poverty−5.9 points9.4% → 3.5%
Broadband+9.4 points85.8% → 95.2%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Manteno, Illinois between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	31.8 min2015-2019	32.0 min2020-2024	+0.2 min	Within the margin of error	45%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%2015-2019	27.5%2020-2024	+4.1 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Broadband subscriptions	85.8%2015-2019	95.2%2020-2024	+9.4 points	Improved	57%
Effective property tax rate	2.44%2015-2019	2.52%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	8%
High school diploma or higher	92.0%2015-2019	96.1%2020-2024	+4 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Home price to income ratio	2.8×2015-2019	2.5×2020-2024	−0.3×	Within the margin of error	88%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4142015-2019	0.4162020-2024	+0.003	Within the margin of error	48%
Median household income	$63,3712015-2019	$97,6342020-2024	+54%	Improved	87%
Poverty rate	9.4%2015-2019	3.5%2020-2024	−5.9 points	Improved	84%
Rent as share of income	29.1%2015-2019	27.9%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	64%
Rent-burdened households	47.2%2015-2019	46.4%2020-2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Unemployment rate	6.0%2015-2019	2.9%2020-2024	−3.1 points	Within the margin of error	89%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Manteno, Illinois five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Manteno, Illinois in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Manteno, Illinois itself moved +8.2 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

9,030 residents (±509)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

3,761 households (±297)

Manteno, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $25k9.2%†346
$25k–50k16%†619
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

3,761 households (±297)

Manteno, Illinois
Illinois share

Own76%2,842
Rent24%919

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

4,110 workers (±489)

Manteno, Illinois
Illinois share

Drive alone79%3,234
Carpool6.1%†252
Public transit0.9%†

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Kankakee, IL

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Kankakee County, the county holding most of Manteno's residents.

Kankakee County has 2,268 employer establishments, 214 for every 10,000 residents (0.86× the US rate of 248; 0.84× Illinois's), with 35,392 paid employees at an average annual pay of $54,827. The Census Bureau also counts 6,794 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,268; 6,794 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 214; US 248 · Illinois 255
Paid employees: 35,392
Average annual pay: $54,827; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Kankakee County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	227	21.4	1.03×About typical	2,498	$84,259	254
Restaurants and other eating places	176	16.6	0.91×About typical	3,324	$20,046	50
Specialty trade contractors	136	12.8	0.83×About typical	716	$84,851	374
Truck transportation	87	8.2	1.63×More than typical	654	$64,668	192
Limited-service restaurants	81	7.7	0.95×About typical	1,609	$19,339	30
Automotive repair and maintenance	76	7.2	1.43×More than typical	390	$50,215	114
Full-service restaurants	75	7.1	0.92×About typical	1,490	$20,958	12
Lessors of real estate	75	7.1	0.58×Fewer than typical	156	$39,840	578
Offices of physicians	74	7	1.08×About typical	1,098	$88,667	25
Religious organizations	66	6.2	1.12×About typical	419	$24,055	—
Offices of other health practitioners	64	6	1.00×About typical	251	$43,801	117
Services to buildings and dwellings	64	6	0.90×About typical	285	$42,025	453

Rank places for an industry Open Kankakee County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 105,843 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Manteno, Illinois: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

5.2KFY2017
1KFY2018
1.4KFY2021
2.4KFY2022
0FY2023
2.9KFY2024

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Manteno, Illinois, so they do not add up across cities.

Manteno, Illinois's figures are part of those of Kankakee County, IL ($3.3M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Manteno is mostly in Kankakee County.

See federal money in Kankakee County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Manteno, Illinois is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Kankakee County47100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Kankakee, IL43

Other cities and towns in Kankakee County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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