Crystal Lake vs Fort Meade

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

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

Crystal Lake has the higher population (5,203 vs 5,172 in Fort Meade). Crystal Lake has the higher median household income ($47,679 vs $35,131 in Fort Meade). Crystal Lake has the higher median home value ($174,900 vs $141,500 in Fort Meade).

Population, income & housing

	Crystal Lake	Fort Meade
Population	5,203	5,172
Median age	38.5 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$47,679	$35,131
Median home value	$174,900	$141,500
Median gross rent	$1,143	$919
Housing units	2,336	2,768
Homeownership rate	46.6%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crystal Lake	Fort Meade
Population	6,431 → 5,203 (-19.1%)	6,104 → 5,172 (-15.3%)
Median household income	$32,785 → $47,679 (+45.4%)	$44,325 → $35,131 (-20.7%)
Median home value	$82,800 → $174,900 (+111.2%)	$77,900 → $141,500 (+81.6%)
Median gross rent	$914 → $1,143 (+25.1%)	$771 → $919 (+19.2%)

Crystal Lake

Population

6,4315,203

Median household income

$32,785$47,679

Median home value

$82,800$174,900

Median gross rent

$914$1,143

Fort Meade

Population

6,1045,172

Median household income

$44,325$35,131

Median home value

$77,900$141,500

Median gross rent

$771$919

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crystal Lake	Fort Meade
Under 5	8.6%	6.4%
5 to 17	18.5%	16.4%
18 to 24	9.8%	4.8%
25 to 34	9.6%	13.8%
35 to 44	14.2%	9.5%
45 to 54	10.2%	12.2%
55 to 64	15.6%	11.7%
65 to 74	5.9%	10.2%
75 and over	7.6%	15.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crystal Lake	Fort Meade
White (non-Hispanic)	43.9%	52.0%
Black or African American	20.2%	13.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	2.1%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	31.3%	32.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crystal Lake	Fort Meade
No high school diploma	29.6%	23.5%
High school graduate	33.7%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	5.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crystal Lake	Fort Meade
Drove alone	73.2%	80.8%
Carpooled	6.9%	9.1%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.5%
Worked from home	7.8%	8.2%
Other means	7.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crystal Lake	Fort Meade
1-unit, detached	51.1%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	23.5%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	4.2%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	19.7%	25.5%

Poverty & households

	Crystal Lake	Fort Meade
Poverty rate	25.4%	23.9%
Average household size	2.70	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	31	38
Median year structure built	1975	1975