Crystal Lake vs Woodstock

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

Crystal Lake and Woodstock 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 26,316 in Woodstock). Crystal Lake has the higher median household income ($105,428 vs $83,293 in Woodstock). Crystal Lake has the higher median home value ($287,400 vs $231,100 in Woodstock).

Population, income & housing

	Crystal Lake	Woodstock
Population	40,436	26,316
Median age	39.5 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$105,428	$83,293
Median home value	$287,400	$231,100
Median gross rent	$1,431	$1,174
Housing units	15,396	10,661
Homeownership rate	78.0%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.0%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crystal Lake	Woodstock
Population	39,974 → 40,436 (+1.2%)	25,348 → 26,316 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$87,578 → $105,428 (+20.4%)	$61,478 → $83,293 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$221,300 → $287,400 (+29.9%)	$179,700 → $231,100 (+28.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,274 → $1,431 (+12.3%)	$1,041 → $1,174 (+12.8%)

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

Woodstock

Population

25,34826,316

Median household income

$61,478$83,293

Median home value

$179,700$231,100

Median gross rent

$1,041$1,174

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crystal Lake	Woodstock
Under 5	4.2%	5.8%
5 to 17	19.4%	17.1%
18 to 24	9.4%	10.1%
25 to 34	9.4%	14.5%
35 to 44	15.9%	11.4%
45 to 54	14.1%	13.6%
55 to 64	12.8%	12.7%
65 to 74	9.7%	7.3%
75 and over	5.2%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crystal Lake	Woodstock
White (non-Hispanic)	80.9%	70.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	3.3%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	22.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crystal Lake	Woodstock
No high school diploma	5.2%	10.9%
High school graduate	22.6%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crystal Lake	Woodstock
Drove alone	73.1%	76.7%
Carpooled	8.6%	8.6%
Public transit	1.9%	0.3%
Walked	1.2%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	13.9%	11.3%
Other means	0.9%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crystal Lake	Woodstock
1-unit, detached	67.6%	58.4%
1-unit, attached	10.8%	13.4%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	13.9%
20 or more units	2.9%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Crystal Lake	Woodstock
Poverty rate	6.1%	7.7%
Average household size	2.69	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1986	1987