Crystal Lake vs Tariffville

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

Crystal Lake and Tariffville 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 1,607 in Tariffville). Crystal Lake has the higher median household income ($142,642 vs $103,125 in Tariffville). Crystal Lake has the higher median home value ($345,300 vs $270,300 in Tariffville).

Population, income & housing

	Crystal Lake	Tariffville
Population	1,963	1,607
Median age	51.1 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$142,642	$103,125
Median home value	$345,300	$270,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,213
Housing units	845	712
Homeownership rate	91.3%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.9%	39.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	14.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crystal Lake	Tariffville
Population	2,188 → 1,963 (-10.3%)	1,529 → 1,607 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$147,105 → $142,642 (-3.0%)	$71,049 → $103,125 (+45.1%)
Median home value	$342,800 → $345,300 (+0.7%)	$201,100 → $270,300 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,052 → $1,213 (+15.3%)

Crystal Lake

Population

2,1881,963

Median household income

$147,105$142,642

Median home value

$342,800$345,300

Tariffville

Population

1,5291,607

Median household income

$71,049$103,125

Median home value

$201,100$270,300

Median gross rent

$1,052$1,213

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crystal Lake	Tariffville
Under 5	1.8%	2.1%
5 to 17	17.4%	14.6%
18 to 24	5.7%	5.0%
25 to 34	3.8%	18.2%
35 to 44	14.2%	14.6%
45 to 54	14.0%	21.8%
55 to 64	21.0%	16.4%
65 to 74	15.5%	5.5%
75 and over	6.7%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crystal Lake	Tariffville
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	80.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.3%	8.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crystal Lake	Tariffville
No high school diploma	2.7%	2.9%
High school graduate	31.9%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	18.5%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crystal Lake	Tariffville
Drove alone	75.0%	81.4%
Carpooled	1.3%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.6%	10.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crystal Lake	Tariffville
1-unit, detached	90.9%	48.3%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	33.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.8%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Crystal Lake	Tariffville
Poverty rate	1.5%	13.2%
Average household size	2.49	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	33	20
Median year structure built	1974	1957