Crystal Beach vs Pinion Pines

A side-by-side comparison of Crystal Beach and Pinion Pines: population, income, housing, and more.

Crystal Beach and Pinion Pines are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Crystal Beach has the higher population (232 vs 154 in Pinion Pines). Pinion Pines has the higher median home value ($276,600 vs $271,700 in Crystal Beach). Since 2019, Crystal Beach's population has grown faster (+69.3% vs -4.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Crystal Beach	Pinion Pines
Population	232	154
Median age	60.9 yrs	74.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$70,417
Median home value	$271,700	$276,600
Housing units	155	115
Homeownership rate	68.0%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	57.1%
Unemployment rate	15.4%	52.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crystal Beach	Pinion Pines
Population	137 → 232 (+69.3%)	162 → 154 (-4.9%)
Median household income	$25,625 → $29,792 (+16.3%)	$63,788 → $70,417 (+10.4%)
Median home value	$9,999 → $271,700 (+2617.3%)	$260,300 → $276,600 (+6.3%)

Crystal Beach

Population

137232

Median household income

$25,625$29,792

Median home value

$9,999$271,700

Pinion Pines

Population

162154

Median household income

$63,788$70,417

Median home value

$260,300$276,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crystal Beach	Pinion Pines
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	5.2%	0.0%
18 to 24	4.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	3.4%	8.4%
45 to 54	7.3%	0.0%
55 to 64	29.7%	13.6%
65 to 74	28.9%	42.9%
75 and over	14.2%	35.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crystal Beach	Pinion Pines
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crystal Beach	Pinion Pines
No high school diploma	12.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	43.5%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	43.5%	15.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	49.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crystal Beach	Pinion Pines
Drove alone	100.0%	—
Carpooled	0.0%	—
Public transit	0.0%	—
Walked	0.0%	—
Bicycle	0.0%	—
Worked from home	0.0%	—
Other means	0.0%	—

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crystal Beach	Pinion Pines
1-unit, detached	67.1%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	32.9%	29.6%

Poverty & households

	Crystal Beach	Pinion Pines
Poverty rate	13.4%	0.0%
Average household size	1.90	1.75
Mean commute (minutes)	35	—
Median year structure built	1991	1998