Crystal Lake vs Plantsville

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

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

Plantsville has the higher population (2,045 vs 1,963 in Crystal Lake). Crystal Lake has the higher median household income ($142,642 vs $107,431 in Plantsville). Crystal Lake has the higher median home value ($345,300 vs $289,500 in Plantsville).

Population, income & housing

	Crystal Lake	Plantsville
Population	1,963	2,045
Median age	51.1 yrs	54.0 yrs
Median household income	$142,642	$107,431
Median home value	$345,300	$289,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,191
Housing units	845	1,025
Homeownership rate	91.3%	68.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.9%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crystal Lake	Plantsville
Population	2,188 → 1,963 (-10.3%)	1,692 → 2,045 (+20.9%)
Median household income	$147,105 → $142,642 (-3.0%)	$68,242 → $107,431 (+57.4%)
Median home value	$342,800 → $345,300 (+0.7%)	$270,100 → $289,500 (+7.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,072 → $1,191 (+11.1%)

Crystal Lake

Population

2,1881,963

Median household income

$147,105$142,642

Median home value

$342,800$345,300

Plantsville

Population

1,6922,045

Median household income

$68,242$107,431

Median home value

$270,100$289,500

Median gross rent

$1,072$1,191

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crystal Lake	Plantsville
Under 5	1.8%	3.7%
5 to 17	17.4%	12.1%
18 to 24	5.7%	3.9%
25 to 34	3.8%	7.9%
35 to 44	14.2%	5.3%
45 to 54	14.0%	17.2%
55 to 64	21.0%	26.9%
65 to 74	15.5%	8.6%
75 and over	6.7%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crystal Lake	Plantsville
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crystal Lake	Plantsville
No high school diploma	2.7%	5.0%
High school graduate	31.9%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	18.5%	20.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crystal Lake	Plantsville
Drove alone	75.0%	93.4%
Carpooled	1.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.6%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crystal Lake	Plantsville
1-unit, detached	90.9%	56.8%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.4%
20 or more units	1.9%	13.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Crystal Lake	Plantsville
Poverty rate	1.5%	7.5%
Average household size	2.49	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	33	19
Median year structure built	1974	1984