With 18,078 people, Bourbonnais is a city in Illinois. The foreign-born share is 5%. The median age is 35.8, younger than the US median of 38.9. 73% of homes are owner-occupied. Density works out to 1,942 people per square mile. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $253,100.
At a glance
Average income
median household income $81,708, near the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 35.8
US median: 38.9
Average education
34% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Bourbonnais
What changed most since 1990
Homes owned by their occupants61.4% → 73.4%(+12.1 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Adults with a bachelor's degree25.6% → 34.1%(+8.5 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Black share2.5% → 9.3%(+6.8 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Bourbonnais's population equals 17% of Kankakee County's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 25% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 10% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)16.2%(124)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)19.5%(149)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era41.3%(316)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War5.7%(44)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 766 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Bourbonnais, decade by decade
Bourbonnais population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
13,934
$92,799
$177,845
25.6%
15.0
2000
15,256
$89,860
$220,967
26.7%
24.7
2010
18,631
$89,960
$259,950
28.8%
36.1
2020
18,164
$93,230
$227,863
37.1%
48.6
2024
18,078
$81,708
$253,100
34.1%
55.1
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
