Christian County vs Morgan County

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

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

Christian County has the higher population (33,684 vs 32,621 in Morgan County). Morgan County has the higher median household income ($65,175 vs $59,253 in Christian County). Morgan County has the higher median home value ($128,700 vs $112,100 in Christian County).

Population, income & housing

	Christian County	Morgan County
Population	33,684	32,621
Median age	42.7 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$59,253	$65,175
Median home value	$112,100	$128,700
Median gross rent	$729	$710
Housing units	15,190	15,033
Homeownership rate	74.3%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Christian County	Morgan County
Population	32,931 → 33,684 (+2.3%)	34,247 → 32,621 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$52,834 → $59,253 (+12.1%)	$51,437 → $65,175 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$90,900 → $112,100 (+23.3%)	$110,100 → $128,700 (+16.9%)
Median gross rent	$674 → $729 (+8.2%)	$720 → $710 (-1.4%)

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

Morgan County

Population

34,24732,621

Median household income

$51,437$65,175

Median home value

$110,100$128,700

Median gross rent

$720$710

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Christian County	Morgan County
Under 5	5.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	15.0%	14.3%
18 to 24	7.6%	10.0%
25 to 34	12.1%	12.0%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.6%	11.6%
55 to 64	15.0%	14.3%
65 to 74	11.1%	11.7%
75 and over	8.6%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Christian County	Morgan County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	87.6%
Black or African American	2.6%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
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%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Christian County	Morgan County
No high school diploma	9.1%	10.4%
High school graduate	44.1%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Christian County	Morgan County
Drove alone	84.3%	82.2%
Carpooled	8.3%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.3%	8.8%
Other means	0.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Christian County	Morgan County
1-unit, detached	83.0%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	3.5%
20 or more units	3.3%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Christian County	Morgan County
Poverty rate	11.1%	12.5%
Average household size	2.37	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1963	1966