Christopher vs Zeigler

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

Christopher and Zeigler 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 1,325 in Zeigler). Christopher has the higher median household income ($42,244 vs $39,148 in Zeigler). Christopher has the higher median home value ($68,800 vs $52,000 in Zeigler).

Population, income & housing

	Christopher	Zeigler
Population	2,413	1,325
Median age	49.3 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$42,244	$39,148
Median home value	$68,800	$52,000
Median gross rent	$652	$694
Housing units	1,432	760
Homeownership rate	71.1%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Christopher	Zeigler
Population	2,718 → 2,413 (-11.2%)	1,801 → 1,325 (-26.4%)
Median household income	$33,491 → $42,244 (+26.1%)	$43,188 → $39,148 (-9.4%)
Median home value	$65,400 → $68,800 (+5.2%)	$52,800 → $52,000 (-1.5%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $652 (-4.1%)	$548 → $694 (+26.6%)

Christopher

Population

2,7182,413

Median household income

$33,491$42,244

Median home value

$65,400$68,800

Median gross rent

$680$652

Zeigler

Population

1,8011,325

Median household income

$43,188$39,148

Median home value

$52,800$52,000

Median gross rent

$548$694

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Christopher	Zeigler
Under 5	3.9%	2.4%
5 to 17	13.2%	14.3%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.4%
25 to 34	10.7%	14.5%
35 to 44	10.6%	9.5%
45 to 54	12.8%	15.5%
55 to 64	14.1%	13.7%
65 to 74	15.7%	11.5%
75 and over	11.8%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Christopher	Zeigler
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	97.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Christopher	Zeigler
No high school diploma	7.5%	12.6%
High school graduate	38.0%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Christopher	Zeigler
Drove alone	83.6%	80.2%
Carpooled	7.8%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Christopher	Zeigler
1-unit, detached	80.9%	82.2%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Christopher	Zeigler
Poverty rate	22.7%	16.7%
Average household size	1.96	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1953	1938