Crystal Lake vs Huntley

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

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

Crystal Lake has the higher population (40,436 vs 27,859 in Huntley). Crystal Lake has the higher median household income ($105,428 vs $86,349 in Huntley). Huntley has the higher median home value ($318,500 vs $287,400 in Crystal Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Crystal Lake	Huntley
Population	40,436	27,859
Median age	39.5 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$105,428	$86,349
Median home value	$287,400	$318,500
Median gross rent	$1,431	$1,385
Housing units	15,396	12,479
Homeownership rate	78.0%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.0%	39.3%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crystal Lake	Huntley
Population	39,974 → 40,436 (+1.2%)	26,966 → 27,859 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$87,578 → $105,428 (+20.4%)	$75,100 → $86,349 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$221,300 → $287,400 (+29.9%)	$251,400 → $318,500 (+26.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,274 → $1,431 (+12.3%)	$1,231 → $1,385 (+12.5%)

Crystal Lake

Population

39,97440,436

Median household income

$87,578$105,428

Median home value

$221,300$287,400

Median gross rent

$1,274$1,431

Huntley

Population

26,96627,859

Median household income

$75,100$86,349

Median home value

$251,400$318,500

Median gross rent

$1,231$1,385

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crystal Lake	Huntley
Under 5	4.2%	3.8%
5 to 17	19.4%	16.5%
18 to 24	9.4%	5.4%
25 to 34	9.4%	6.4%
35 to 44	15.9%	11.0%
45 to 54	14.1%	12.3%
55 to 64	12.8%	9.4%
65 to 74	9.7%	15.0%
75 and over	5.2%	20.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crystal Lake	Huntley
White (non-Hispanic)	80.9%	77.4%
Black or African American	0.5%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	3.3%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	9.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crystal Lake	Huntley
No high school diploma	5.2%	4.0%
High school graduate	22.6%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crystal Lake	Huntley
Drove alone	73.1%	74.7%
Carpooled	8.6%	5.1%
Public transit	1.9%	1.7%
Walked	1.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	16.0%
Other means	0.9%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crystal Lake	Huntley
1-unit, detached	67.6%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	10.8%	17.8%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	4.8%
20 or more units	2.9%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Crystal Lake	Huntley
Poverty rate	6.1%	7.8%
Average household size	2.69	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1986	2004