Crystal Lake vs Somers

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

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

Somers has the higher population (2,081 vs 1,963 in Crystal Lake). Crystal Lake has the higher median household income ($142,642 vs $67,203 in Somers). Somers has the higher median home value ($379,100 vs $345,300 in Crystal Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Crystal Lake	Somers
Population	1,963	2,081
Median age	51.1 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$142,642	$67,203
Median home value	$345,300	$379,100
Median gross rent	—	$895
Housing units	845	864
Homeownership rate	91.3%	85.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.9%	39.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crystal Lake	Somers
Population	2,188 → 1,963 (-10.3%)	1,948 → 2,081 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$147,105 → $142,642 (-3.0%)	$103,984 → $67,203 (-35.4%)
Median home value	$342,800 → $345,300 (+0.7%)	$269,800 → $379,100 (+40.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$938 → $895 (-4.6%)

Crystal Lake

Population

2,1881,963

Median household income

$147,105$142,642

Median home value

$342,800$345,300

Somers

Population

1,9482,081

Median household income

$103,984$67,203

Median home value

$269,800$379,100

Median gross rent

$938$895

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crystal Lake	Somers
Under 5	1.8%	3.4%
5 to 17	17.4%	29.5%
18 to 24	5.7%	3.5%
25 to 34	3.8%	7.7%
35 to 44	14.2%	6.5%
45 to 54	14.0%	17.3%
55 to 64	21.0%	12.5%
65 to 74	15.5%	7.8%
75 and over	6.7%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crystal Lake	Somers
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	72.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	21.7%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crystal Lake	Somers
No high school diploma	2.7%	2.7%
High school graduate	31.9%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	18.5%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crystal Lake	Somers
Drove alone	75.0%	75.5%
Carpooled	1.3%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.6%	16.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crystal Lake	Somers
1-unit, detached	90.9%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	1.9%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Crystal Lake	Somers
Poverty rate	1.5%	3.7%
Average household size	2.49	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	33	37
Median year structure built	1974	1971