City · Edgar County, Illinois

Chrisman, Illinois

Chrisman is a city in Edgar County, Illinois. It has 1,214 residents. Chrisman, Illinois has a quality-of-life score of 26 out of 100 (low), ranking #11,643 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Illinois it ranks #596 of 697 cities and towns. It ranks best on home price to income ratio (low), rent as share of income (low) and time spent in the emergency room (low). It ranks worst on job growth (low), public EV charging ports (low) and math scores (low).

26Low

Quality-of-life score: #11,643 of 15,651 cities and towns
Illinois: #596 of 697 in IL
Population: 1,214 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,689.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 1714273

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety32#10,700/15,637
Economy20#12,500/15,631
Housing85#2,215/14,977
Health26#11,551/15,609
Healthcare32#10,597/15,650
Environment43#8,766/15,453
Education18#12,775/15,649
Infrastructure25#11,663/15,650
Community34#10,369/15,651
Leisure & amenities47#8,284/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Chrisman, Illinois ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Edgar County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Home price to income ratio · low1.4×
99/100Illinois 3.2×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Rent as share of income · low22.2%
94/100Illinois 29.1%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Time spent in the emergency room · low109 min
93/100Illinois 170 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesEdgar County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.355
91/100Illinois 0.481United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Public libraries · high1.8 /10k
90/100Illinois 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesEdgar County value
Pharmacies · high2.5 /10k
88/100Illinois 2.0 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsEdgar County value

Weaknesses

Job growth · low-4.7%
2/100Illinois 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataEdgar County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Illinois 4.8 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyEdgar County value
Math scores · low2.50
4/100Illinois 2.90United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteEdgar County value
Flu vaccinations · low30.0%
8/100Illinois 48.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteEdgar County value
Reading scores · low2.68
8/100Illinois 2.97United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteEdgar County value
Mental health care shortage · high18.0
11/100Illinois 12.2United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationEdgar County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
1,452 (2015-2019) → 1,214 (2020-2024)
−16%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
73.8% (2015-2019) → 91.7% (2020-2024)
+18 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
40.2% (2015-2019) → 30.8% (2020-2024)
−9.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateWorsening
9.1% (2015-2019) → 17.3% (2020-2024)
+8.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Poverty rateWorsening
12.7% (2015-2019) → 18.0% (2020-2024)
+5.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
27.3% (2015-2019) → 22.2% (2020-2024)
−5.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Chrisman, Illinois improved on 2 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Inequality−0.1170.472 → 0.355
Broadband+18 points73.8% → 91.7%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Chrisman, Illinois between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	21.2 min2015-2019	20.2 min2020-2024	−1.0 min	Within the margin of error	60%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%2015-2019	20.7%2020-2024	+2.5 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Broadband subscriptions	73.8%2015-2019	91.7%2020-2024	+18 points	Improved	86%
Effective property tax rate	1.87%2015-2019	1.60%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	70%
High school diploma or higher	91.5%2015-2019	94.2%2020-2024	+2.7 points	Within the margin of error	65%
Home price to income ratio	1.6×2015-2019	1.4×2020-2024	−0.2×	Within the margin of error	87%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4722015-2019	0.3552020-2024	−0.117	Improved	97%
Median household income	$49,0912015-2019	$58,4622020-2024	+19%	Within the margin of error	31%
Poverty rate	12.7%2015-2019	18.0%2020-2024	+5.3 points	Within the margin of error	12%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	27.3%2015-2019	22.2%2020-2024	−5.1 points	Within the margin of error	83%
Rent-burdened households	40.2%2015-2019	30.8%2020-2024	−9.4 points	Within the margin of error	81%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.3%2015-2019	4.4%2020-2024	−2.9 points	Within the margin of error	76%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Chrisman, Illinois five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Chrisman, Illinois in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Chrisman, Illinois itself moved +15.1 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,214 residents (±267)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

448 households (±82)

Chrisman, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $25k19%†85
$25k–50k23%†102
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

448 households (±82)

Chrisman, Illinois
Illinois share

Own55%248
Rent45%†200

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−19.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

378 workers (±119)

Chrisman, Illinois
Illinois share

Drive alone84%†316
Carpool1.9%†7
Public transit

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Edgar County, the county holding most of Chrisman's residents.

Edgar County has 334 employer establishments, 203 for every 10,000 residents (0.82× the US rate of 248; 0.80× Illinois's), with 6,798 paid employees at an average annual pay of $49,624. The Census Bureau also counts 916 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 334; 916 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 203; US 248 · Illinois 255
Paid employees: 6,798
Average annual pay: $49,624; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Edgar County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	30	18.3	0.99×About typical	394	$17,043	—
Specialty trade contractors	26	15.8	1.02×About typical	95	$92,653	80
Religious organizations	19	11.6	2.08×More than typical	90	$24,144	—
Ambulatory health care services	15	9.1	0.44×Fewer than typical	142	$31,739	21
Truck transportation	15	9.1	1.81×More than typical	101	$66,614	40
Limited-service restaurants	14	8.5	1.06×About typical	223	$17,964	—
Full-service restaurants	13	7.9	1.03×About typical	135	$17,385	—
Building equipment contractors	12	7.3	1.21×About typical	32	$43,750	27
Banks and credit unions	11	6.7	2.07×More than typical	148	$60,473	—
Gasoline stations	10	6.1	1.88×More than typical	93	$22,355	—
Insurance agencies and brokerages	8	4.9	1.11×Too few to compare	76	$70,132	14
Offices of other health practitioners	8	4.9	0.80×Too few to compare	77	$26,364	11

Rank places for an industry Open Edgar County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 16,430 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Chrisman is mostly in Edgar County.

See federal money in Edgar County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Chrisman, Illinois is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Mary E. MillerR-IL-15 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 3.9%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Edgar County51100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Edgar County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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