Crystal Lake vs Suffield Depot

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

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

Crystal Lake has the higher population (1,963 vs 1,947 in Suffield Depot). Suffield Depot has the higher median home value ($377,500 vs $345,300 in Crystal Lake). Since 2019, Suffield Depot's population has grown faster (+58.7% vs -10.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Crystal Lake	Suffield Depot
Population	1,963	1,947
Median age	51.1 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	$142,642	—
Median home value	$345,300	$377,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,396
Housing units	845	802
Homeownership rate	91.3%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.9%	42.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	15.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crystal Lake	Suffield Depot
Population	2,188 → 1,963 (-10.3%)	1,227 → 1,947 (+58.7%)
Median household income	$147,105 → $142,642 (-3.0%)	$77,917 → $83,926 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$342,800 → $345,300 (+0.7%)	$344,600 → $377,500 (+9.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,175 → $1,396 (+18.8%)

Crystal Lake

Population

2,1881,963

Median household income

$147,105$142,642

Median home value

$342,800$345,300

Suffield Depot

Population

1,2271,947

Median household income

$77,917$83,926

Median home value

$344,600$377,500

Median gross rent

$1,175$1,396

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crystal Lake	Suffield Depot
Under 5	1.8%	1.8%
5 to 17	17.4%	7.6%
18 to 24	5.7%	24.5%
25 to 34	3.8%	1.8%
35 to 44	14.2%	5.6%
45 to 54	14.0%	14.6%
55 to 64	21.0%	27.5%
65 to 74	15.5%	9.6%
75 and over	6.7%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crystal Lake	Suffield Depot
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	86.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.7%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crystal Lake	Suffield Depot
No high school diploma	2.7%	3.8%
High school graduate	31.9%	18.1%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	30.1%
Graduate or professional degree	18.5%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crystal Lake	Suffield Depot
Drove alone	75.0%	69.9%
Carpooled	1.3%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.6%	22.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crystal Lake	Suffield Depot
1-unit, detached	90.9%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.4%
20 or more units	1.9%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Crystal Lake	Suffield Depot
Poverty rate	1.5%	7.8%
Average household size	2.49	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1974	1985