Crystal Lake vs McHenry

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

Crystal Lake and McHenry 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 27,774 in McHenry). Crystal Lake has the higher median household income ($105,428 vs $86,865 in McHenry). Crystal Lake has the higher median home value ($287,400 vs $244,900 in McHenry).

Population, income & housing

	Crystal Lake	McHenry
Population	40,436	27,774
Median age	39.5 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$105,428	$86,865
Median home value	$287,400	$244,900
Median gross rent	$1,431	$1,508
Housing units	15,396	11,671
Homeownership rate	78.0%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.0%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crystal Lake	McHenry
Population	39,974 → 40,436 (+1.2%)	26,813 → 27,774 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$87,578 → $105,428 (+20.4%)	$75,811 → $86,865 (+14.6%)
Median home value	$221,300 → $287,400 (+29.9%)	$181,300 → $244,900 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,274 → $1,431 (+12.3%)	$1,221 → $1,508 (+23.5%)

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

McHenry

Population

26,81327,774

Median household income

$75,811$86,865

Median home value

$181,300$244,900

Median gross rent

$1,221$1,508

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crystal Lake	McHenry
Under 5	4.2%	4.5%
5 to 17	19.4%	15.1%
18 to 24	9.4%	6.9%
25 to 34	9.4%	12.7%
35 to 44	15.9%	12.9%
45 to 54	14.1%	13.0%
55 to 64	12.8%	15.5%
65 to 74	9.7%	10.8%
75 and over	5.2%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crystal Lake	McHenry
White (non-Hispanic)	80.9%	77.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	17.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crystal Lake	McHenry
No high school diploma	5.2%	9.2%
High school graduate	22.6%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crystal Lake	McHenry
Drove alone	73.1%	76.7%
Carpooled	8.6%	7.1%
Public transit	1.9%	1.5%
Walked	1.2%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	12.4%
Other means	0.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crystal Lake	McHenry
1-unit, detached	67.6%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	10.8%	11.4%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	7.6%
20 or more units	2.9%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Crystal Lake	McHenry
Poverty rate	6.1%	4.0%
Average household size	2.69	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1986	1988