County profile
Christian County, IL
United States · GDP 2024
#1299 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 79% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-0.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
7,410
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
709
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
33,443
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$62.6k±$2.8k
Bachelor's degree+
17.1%±1.8%
Poverty rate
10.2%±1.8%
Business applications
209 · 2025
Retail establishments
113
33.8/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care26%
Retail trade24%
Food & accommodation17%
Manufacturing15%
Wholesale trade10%
Other services9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
33,443
residents · 2025 · -1.5% since 2020
Income per capita $53.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+111
International migration−1
Natural change−631
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.6B2019
$1.4B2020
$1.8B2021
$2.0B2022
$2.0B2023
$2.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$115.5k±$6.0k
Median gross rent
$785/mo±$50/mo
Vacancy rate
10.5%±2.1%
Affordability
2.4× wages
Residential permits
$21.0M
60 units · 1.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
54.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$974/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 91Earthquake 87Cold wave 82
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1862016
1942017
2012018
2042019
2042020
2132021
2392022
2612023
2662024
2882025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 114% since 2021282021
352022
292023
632024
602025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
31.6 km
I-55
Nearest freight rail
0.2 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
102.6 km
Havana Regional Port, IL
Nearest commercial airport
47.7 km
DECATUR
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.0k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Christian?
Christian's economy produced $2.0B in 2024, contracting 0.2% year over year — slower than 80% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.