Christopher vs North City

A side-by-side comparison of Christopher and North City: population, income, housing, and more.

Christopher and North City are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Christopher has the higher population (2,413 vs 708 in North City). North City has the higher median household income ($50,469 vs $42,244 in Christopher). North City has the higher median home value ($107,400 vs $68,800 in Christopher).

Population, income & housing

	Christopher	North City
Population	2,413	708
Median age	49.3 yrs	56.2 yrs
Median household income	$42,244	$50,469
Median home value	$68,800	$107,400
Median gross rent	$652	$1,106
Housing units	1,432	357
Homeownership rate	71.1%	91.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Christopher	North City
Population	2,718 → 2,413 (-11.2%)	560 → 708 (+26.4%)
Median household income	$33,491 → $42,244 (+26.1%)	$43,500 → $50,469 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$65,400 → $68,800 (+5.2%)	$65,000 → $107,400 (+65.2%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $652 (-4.1%)	$684 → $1,106 (+61.7%)

Christopher

Population

2,7182,413

Median household income

$33,491$42,244

Median home value

$65,400$68,800

Median gross rent

$680$652

North City

Population

560708

Median household income

$43,500$50,469

Median home value

$65,000$107,400

Median gross rent

$684$1,106

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Christopher	North City
Under 5	3.9%	3.7%
5 to 17	13.2%	9.5%
18 to 24	7.3%	3.4%
25 to 34	10.7%	7.8%
35 to 44	10.6%	9.0%
45 to 54	12.8%	13.8%
55 to 64	14.1%	27.5%
65 to 74	15.7%	15.1%
75 and over	11.8%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Christopher	North City
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.8%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Christopher	North City
No high school diploma	7.5%	6.8%
High school graduate	38.0%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Christopher	North City
Drove alone	83.6%	69.0%
Carpooled	7.8%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	9.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	17.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Christopher	North City
1-unit, detached	80.9%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Christopher	North City
Poverty rate	22.7%	9.6%
Average household size	1.96	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1953	1971