Christopher vs Sesser

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

Christopher and Sesser 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 1,919 in Sesser). Sesser has the higher median household income ($52,326 vs $42,244 in Christopher). Sesser has the higher median home value ($79,800 vs $68,800 in Christopher).

Population, income & housing

	Christopher	Sesser
Population	2,413	1,919
Median age	49.3 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$42,244	$52,326
Median home value	$68,800	$79,800
Median gross rent	$652	$703
Housing units	1,432	852
Homeownership rate	71.1%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Christopher	Sesser
Population	2,718 → 2,413 (-11.2%)	1,548 → 1,919 (+24.0%)
Median household income	$33,491 → $42,244 (+26.1%)	$53,631 → $52,326 (-2.4%)
Median home value	$65,400 → $68,800 (+5.2%)	$76,600 → $79,800 (+4.2%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $652 (-4.1%)	$700 → $703 (+0.4%)

Christopher

Population

2,7182,413

Median household income

$33,491$42,244

Median home value

$65,400$68,800

Median gross rent

$680$652

Sesser

Population

1,5481,919

Median household income

$53,631$52,326

Median home value

$76,600$79,800

Median gross rent

$700$703

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Christopher	Sesser
Under 5	3.9%	6.3%
5 to 17	13.2%	18.2%
18 to 24	7.3%	11.0%
25 to 34	10.7%	11.1%
35 to 44	10.6%	11.4%
45 to 54	12.8%	14.2%
55 to 64	14.1%	12.1%
65 to 74	15.7%	8.4%
75 and over	11.8%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Christopher	Sesser
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Christopher	Sesser
No high school diploma	7.5%	8.3%
High school graduate	38.0%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	49.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Christopher	Sesser
Drove alone	83.6%	78.1%
Carpooled	7.8%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Christopher	Sesser
1-unit, detached	80.9%	77.5%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Christopher	Sesser
Poverty rate	22.7%	15.2%
Average household size	1.96	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	25	34
Median year structure built	1953	1956