Christian County vs Effingham County

A side-by-side comparison of Christian County and Effingham County: population, income, housing, and more.

Christian County and Effingham County are counties in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Effingham County has the higher population (34,505 vs 33,684 in Christian County). Effingham County has the higher median household income ($75,380 vs $59,253 in Christian County). Effingham County has the higher median home value ($179,800 vs $112,100 in Christian County).

Population, income & housing

	Christian County	Effingham County
Population	33,684	34,505
Median age	42.7 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$59,253	$75,380
Median home value	$112,100	$179,800
Median gross rent	$729	$734
Housing units	15,190	15,336
Homeownership rate	74.3%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Christian County	Effingham County
Population	32,931 → 33,684 (+2.3%)	34,137 → 34,505 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$52,834 → $59,253 (+12.1%)	$56,685 → $75,380 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$90,900 → $112,100 (+23.3%)	$143,600 → $179,800 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$674 → $729 (+8.2%)	$650 → $734 (+12.9%)

Christian County

Population

32,93133,684

Median household income

$52,834$59,253

Median home value

$90,900$112,100

Median gross rent

$674$729

Effingham County

Population

34,13734,505

Median household income

$56,685$75,380

Median home value

$143,600$179,800

Median gross rent

$650$734

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Christian County	Effingham County
Under 5	5.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	15.0%	17.7%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.1%
25 to 34	12.1%	13.0%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.6%	11.3%
55 to 64	15.0%	14.2%
65 to 74	11.1%	10.7%
75 and over	8.6%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Christian County	Effingham County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	94.6%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Christian County	Effingham County
No high school diploma	9.1%	6.8%
High school graduate	44.1%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Christian County	Effingham County
Drove alone	84.3%	79.6%
Carpooled	8.3%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.7%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.3%	10.9%
Other means	0.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Christian County	Effingham County
1-unit, detached	83.0%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	4.1%
20 or more units	3.3%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Christian County	Effingham County
Poverty rate	11.1%	10.6%
Average household size	2.37	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1963	1978