Cell towers in Kankakee, Illinois
The FCC register lists 22 antenna structures in and around Kankakee. That is the 21st highest count of any place in Illinois.
Overview
Kankakee, IL has 22 registered structures, the tallest standing 107 m (350 ft) above ground.
Area density is 1.45 per square mile — usually the more telling figure for infrastructure that follows terrain, roads and line of sight rather than population.
Heights are uneven: the median is 48 m (156 ft) but the tallest is 107 m (350 ft), roughly 2.2 times that — usually the signature of a broadcast mast among shorter mobile sites.
The largest registered owner here is American Towers LLC, which holds 4 of them — 18.2% of the local total. Owner is not the same as carrier: tower companies lease space on their structures to several networks at once.
The most recent registration on file here dates from 2025.
Structure types
| Tower | 9 | 41% |
| Lattice tower | 5 | 23% |
| Monopole | 3 | 14% |
| Not specified | 1 | 5% |
| Pole | 1 | 5% |
| Mast | 1 | 5% |
| Guyed tower | 1 | 5% |
| Building with pole | 1 | 5% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| American Towers LLC Tower company | 4 | 18% |
| T-mobile USA Tower LLC Carrier | 3 | 14% |
| Kankakee, County Of Government | 2 | 9% |
| Kankakee Valley Airport Authority Government | 1 | 5% |
| Presence Care Transformation Corporation Other | 1 | 5% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 107 m (350 ft) | Guyed tower | 1984 | American Towers LLC | 119004 |
| 70 m (230 ft) | Tower | 2003 | American Towers LLC | 2636832 |
| 61 m (200 ft) | Tower | 1993 | Kankakee, County Of | 2599429 |
| 60 m (196 ft) | Lattice tower | 2024 | Tillman Infrastructure, LLC | 2725410 |
| 59 m (195 ft) | Tower | 2010 | Spectrasite Communications, LLC. Through American Towers, LLC. | 2674120 |
| 59 m (192 ft) | Tower | 1999 | Kankakee, County Of | 2603959 |
| 55 m (180 ft) | Monopole | 2025 | Vb 500 II, LLC | 2728068 |
| 51 m (167 ft) | Lattice tower | 2008 | Sba Towers III LLC | 2664300 |
| 50 m (165 ft) | Pole | 2004 | T-mobile USA Tower LLC | 2618725 |
| 49 m (160 ft) | Lattice tower | 2010 | Sba Towers Ix, LLC | 2670522 |
| 49 m (160 ft) | Lattice tower | 2004 | T-mobile USA Tower LLC | 2620319 |
| 47 m (153 ft) | Monopole | 2007 | T-mobile USA Tower LLC | 2726007 |
| 46 m (151 ft) | Mast | 2001 | American Towers LLC | 2627269 |
| 46 m (150 ft) | Not specified | 1997 | Vb-s1 Assets, LLC | 603718 |
| 45 m (149 ft) | Tower | 2010 | Chicago Smsa LP | 2672284 |
| 44 m (143 ft) | Tower | 1968 | Nicor Gas / Agl Resources | 113642 |
| 39 m (129 ft) | Building with pole | 1973 | Presence Care Transformation Corporation | 2604599 |
| 34 m (113 ft) | Tower | 2006 | Ccatt LLC | 2652881 |
| 34 m (110 ft) | Tower | 2001 | Illinois, State Of | 2622989 |
| 33 m (107 ft) | Monopole | 2002 | American Towers LLC | 2627531 |
| 21 m (68 ft) | Tower | 2011 | Illinois Bell Telephone Company | 113911 |
| 11 m (35 ft) | Lattice tower | 2017 | Kankakee Valley Airport Authority | 2702859 |
When they were registered
| 1960s | 1 | 5% |
| 1970s | 1 | 5% |
| 1980s | 1 | 5% |
| 1990s | 3 | 14% |
| 2000s | 9 | 41% |
| 2010s | 5 | 23% |
| 2020s | 2 | 9% |
Nearby places
- Bourbonnais 5
- St. Anne 6
- Momence 5
- Clifton 5
- Ashkum 7
About this data
These counts come from the FCC Antenna Structure Registration database, weekly file dated 2026-08-23. Registration is generally required above 200 feet or near an airport, so small cells, rooftop antennas and short masts do not appear.
The FCC Antenna Structure Registration database covers structures that require registration — generally those over 200 feet or near airports. Many small cells, rooftop antennas and short towers are not registered and will not appear here.
"Owner" is the entity that registered the structure, usually a tower company such as American Tower or Crown Castle. It does not indicate which carriers operate equipment on the structure.