Christian County vs Monroe County

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

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

Monroe County has the higher population (34,969 vs 33,684 in Christian County). Monroe County has the higher median household income ($101,635 vs $59,253 in Christian County). Monroe County has the higher median home value ($265,600 vs $112,100 in Christian County).

Population, income & housing

	Christian County	Monroe County
Population	33,684	34,969
Median age	42.7 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$59,253	$101,635
Median home value	$112,100	$265,600
Median gross rent	$729	$996
Housing units	15,190	14,665
Homeownership rate	74.3%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	38.2%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Christian County	Monroe County
Population	32,931 → 33,684 (+2.3%)	34,168 → 34,969 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$52,834 → $59,253 (+12.1%)	$85,747 → $101,635 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$90,900 → $112,100 (+23.3%)	$211,300 → $265,600 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$674 → $729 (+8.2%)	$872 → $996 (+14.2%)

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

Monroe County

Population

34,16834,969

Median household income

$85,747$101,635

Median home value

$211,300$265,600

Median gross rent

$872$996

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Christian County	Monroe County
Under 5	5.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	15.0%	16.8%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.7%
25 to 34	12.1%	10.8%
35 to 44	12.9%	13.6%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.6%
55 to 64	15.0%	15.4%
65 to 74	11.1%	11.4%
75 and over	8.6%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Christian County	Monroe County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	95.3%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Christian County	Monroe County
No high school diploma	9.1%	4.2%
High school graduate	44.1%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Christian County	Monroe County
Drove alone	84.3%	81.1%
Carpooled	8.3%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	11.6%
Other means	0.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Christian County	Monroe County
1-unit, detached	83.0%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	5.7%
20 or more units	3.3%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Christian County	Monroe County
Poverty rate	11.1%	4.6%
Average household size	2.37	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1963	1990