Blue Hills vs Crystal Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Hills and Crystal Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Blue Hills and Crystal Lake are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Blue Hills has the higher population (1,989 vs 1,963 in Crystal Lake). Crystal Lake has the higher median household income ($142,642 vs $62,672 in Blue Hills). Crystal Lake has the higher median home value ($345,300 vs $199,800 in Blue Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Hills	Crystal Lake
Population	1,989	1,963
Median age	52.4 yrs	51.1 yrs
Median household income	$62,672	$142,642
Median home value	$199,800	$345,300
Median gross rent	$783	—
Housing units	958	845
Homeownership rate	74.3%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	40.9%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Hills	Crystal Lake
Population	2,913 → 1,989 (-31.7%)	2,188 → 1,963 (-10.3%)
Median household income	$57,569 → $62,672 (+8.9%)	$147,105 → $142,642 (-3.0%)
Median home value	$155,800 → $199,800 (+28.2%)	$342,800 → $345,300 (+0.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,028 → $783 (-23.8%)	—

Blue Hills

Population

2,9131,989

Median household income

$57,569$62,672

Median home value

$155,800$199,800

Median gross rent

$1,028$783

Crystal Lake

Population

2,1881,963

Median household income

$147,105$142,642

Median home value

$342,800$345,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Hills	Crystal Lake
Under 5	2.2%	1.8%
5 to 17	12.9%	17.4%
18 to 24	6.8%	5.7%
25 to 34	7.4%	3.8%
35 to 44	13.1%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.9%	14.0%
55 to 64	27.0%	21.0%
65 to 74	6.9%	15.5%
75 and over	11.8%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Hills	Crystal Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	2.9%	85.1%
Black or African American	89.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	8.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Hills	Crystal Lake
No high school diploma	15.8%	2.7%
High school graduate	38.5%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	18.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Hills	Crystal Lake
Drove alone	68.2%	75.0%
Carpooled	5.9%	1.3%
Public transit	13.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	23.6%
Other means	8.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Hills	Crystal Lake
1-unit, detached	82.2%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.9%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blue Hills	Crystal Lake
Poverty rate	17.4%	1.5%
Average household size	2.25	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	23	33
Median year structure built	1956	1974