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Because it does well by almost any measure. Mokena earns an A, ranked 69th of 767 in Illinois. The median household earns $124K, its schools outperform 86% of the state's, and residents are healthier than 83% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Its lowest mark, a C, is in cost of living. Mokena’s median household income is $124,000, above both the Illinois town median ($83,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). McGovney-Yunker Farmstead is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Mokena beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Mokena is from typical.
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Census counts: 522 in 1880, a low of 281 in 1900, 19,887 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 2011 and 7 maps from 1890 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mokena. Close and well known come first.
Big draw27 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw31 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw23 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw24 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw26 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
Big draw28 mi MuseumArt Institute of Chicago1.5M visitors a yearSoldier Field: Photo by Joon Han Contact: [email protected], CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wrigley Field: Ryan Dickey, CC BY 2.0 · Barack Obama Presidential Center: AlphaBeta135, CC0 · Rate Field: User Enoch Lai on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · United Center: User:JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Art Institute of Chicago: ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Mokena, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Mokena.
Mokena trades workers with Chicago and other neighbors, has less food insecurity than most of Illinois and sees little violent crime.
The median property tax bill is $9,160, against $5,298 across Illinois, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The typical Mokena home is worth about $458,000, up 4.8% in a year, 55% above the Illinois typical home. 91% of households own their home in Mokena.
| Mokena | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 91% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,254 a month | $1,128 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
5.3 miles of trail in 14 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Hickory Creek Preserve, at 64 acres.
| Mokena | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.8% | 3.6% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Hecht Park | 0.7 mi | 22 |
| 2. Hickory Creek Preserve | 0.3 mi | 64 |
| 3. Buske Park | 0.3 mi | 26 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its widest gap with Illinois is food insecurity: 8.3% of its 15,413 adults worry about having enough food, against 15.9% statewide. Against the 5,186 U.S. towns with household incomes like Mokena’s, it is healthier than 59%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
20% of Mokena adults binge drink. Mokena beats the Illinois average on 13 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 11% of Mokena adults report frequent physical distress.
| Mokena | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 8.3% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Mokena | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.3% | 15.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.4% | 9.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Violent crime is rare: 11 reported in 2025, 0.6 per 1,000 residents.
Mokena’s violent crime rate is 0.6 per 1,000 residents.
| Mokena | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.6 per 1,000 residents | 1 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 6.3 per 1,000 residents | 7.9 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 72% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 5 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Mokena.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Mokena has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 17° and about 17 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Mokena has about as many jobs (10,706) as working residents, but only 745 people both live and work here. Jobs based here grew from 7,416 in 2013 to 10,706.
Most working residents leave Mokena for work: only 8% work in town. The average trip to work in Mokena is 31 minutes. Jobs based in Mokena grew to 10,706 in 2023, 3,290 more than in 2013.
| Mokena | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 17% | 11% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 4.5% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Adults 18 to 34 are 17% of residents (23% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 43% of residents (39% statewide). 43% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 38% across Illinois.
| Mokena | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 43% | 29% | 29% |
| Median age | 46.2 years | 40.7 years | 40.5 years |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.2 points. Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women.
| Mokena | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.7% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13.2% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.6% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.1% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.3% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.9% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.3% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.7% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.2% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.2% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 22.1% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 24% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.1% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 26.7% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15.8% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
10 within 15 miles of the center of Mokena
About 6 of every 100 Mokena residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
5 notable people were born in Mokena.
Village in Illinois, United States
Mokena ( moh-KEE-nuh) is a village in Will County, Illinois, United States. It is a southwest suburb of Chicago. The population was 19,887 at the 2020 census. The Census Bureau's 2019 estimate found that the population had increased to 20,159.
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4 towns share a border with Mokena.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mokena | #69 | A | C | A− | A | A− |
| Tinley Park | #210 | A− | C− | B | A− | A |
| Arbury Hills | — | — | C− | — | A | A− |
| Frankfort | #65 | A | D | A− | A+ | A |
| New Lenox | #87 | A | C− | B+ | A− | A |
Arbury Hills has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Arbury Hills reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Mokena with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Mokena grades A overall, better than 94% of U.S. towns and #69 of 767 in Illinois. It grades A− for health, A− for safety and A for schools.
That is 5 years of the area's median household income ($90,887 across the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
5 notable people were born here, including Andrew Duran and Karla DeVito.
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