Crystal River vs Floral City

A side-by-side comparison of Crystal River and Floral City: population, income, housing, and more.

Crystal River and Floral City are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Floral City has the higher population (5,467 vs 3,443 in Crystal River). Floral City has the higher median household income ($59,000 vs $52,112 in Crystal River). Crystal River has the higher median home value ($290,900 vs $216,100 in Floral City).

Population, income & housing

	Crystal River	Floral City
Population	3,443	5,467
Median age	63.3 yrs	61.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,112	$59,000
Median home value	$290,900	$216,100
Median gross rent	$913	$504
Housing units	2,057	3,238
Homeownership rate	61.0%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.8%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	11.5%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crystal River	Floral City
Population	3,129 → 3,443 (+10.0%)	5,395 → 5,467 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$24,225 → $52,112 (+115.1%)	$38,094 → $59,000 (+54.9%)
Median home value	$114,000 → $290,900 (+155.2%)	$114,900 → $216,100 (+88.1%)
Median gross rent	$691 → $913 (+32.1%)	$713 → $504 (-29.3%)

Crystal River

Population

3,1293,443

Median household income

$24,225$52,112

Median home value

$114,000$290,900

Median gross rent

$691$913

Floral City

Population

5,3955,467

Median household income

$38,094$59,000

Median home value

$114,900$216,100

Median gross rent

$713$504

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crystal River	Floral City
Under 5	3.3%	2.1%
5 to 17	8.2%	9.0%
18 to 24	5.2%	2.8%
25 to 34	9.5%	9.1%
35 to 44	4.7%	9.1%
45 to 54	7.3%	6.9%
55 to 64	15.7%	20.1%
65 to 74	17.6%	23.5%
75 and over	28.5%	17.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crystal River	Floral City
White (non-Hispanic)	80.1%	89.9%
Black or African American	10.6%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crystal River	Floral City
No high school diploma	10.8%	11.9%
High school graduate	28.2%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crystal River	Floral City
Drove alone	63.8%	65.9%
Carpooled	12.4%	20.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	4.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	13.2%
Other means	1.1%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crystal River	Floral City
1-unit, detached	52.1%	56.6%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	16.4%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	2.0%
20 or more units	4.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.5%	39.2%

Poverty & households

	Crystal River	Floral City
Poverty rate	24.9%	15.2%
Average household size	2.00	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	18	32
Median year structure built	1984	1986