Crystal Lawns vs Elwood

A side-by-side comparison of Crystal Lawns and Elwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elwood has the higher population (2,141 vs 1,965 in Crystal Lawns). Crystal Lawns has the higher median household income ($109,415 vs $73,640 in Elwood). Crystal Lawns has the higher median home value ($234,600 vs $224,900 in Elwood).

Population, income & housing

	Crystal Lawns	Elwood
Population	1,965	2,141
Median age	38.2 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$109,415	$73,640
Median home value	$234,600	$224,900
Median gross rent	—	$986
Housing units	761	966
Homeownership rate	100.0%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.2%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crystal Lawns	Elwood
Population	1,815 → 1,965 (+8.3%)	2,367 → 2,141 (-9.5%)
Median household income	$82,105 → $109,415 (+33.3%)	$79,054 → $73,640 (-6.8%)
Median home value	$166,600 → $234,600 (+40.8%)	$168,800 → $224,900 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,358 → $1,671 (+23.0%)	$891 → $986 (+10.7%)

Crystal Lawns

Population

1,8151,965

Median household income

$82,105$109,415

Median home value

$166,600$234,600

Median gross rent

$1,358$1,671

Elwood

Population

2,3672,141

Median household income

$79,054$73,640

Median home value

$168,800$224,900

Median gross rent

$891$986

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crystal Lawns	Elwood
Under 5	2.2%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.0%	9.4%
18 to 24	10.7%	6.8%
25 to 34	13.7%	20.0%
35 to 44	20.2%	10.4%
45 to 54	11.6%	9.5%
55 to 64	11.5%	21.2%
65 to 74	8.0%	9.9%
75 and over	6.0%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crystal Lawns	Elwood
White (non-Hispanic)	71.5%	80.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	25.8%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crystal Lawns	Elwood
No high school diploma	6.7%	4.4%
High school graduate	41.6%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crystal Lawns	Elwood
Drove alone	87.7%	81.0%
Carpooled	6.1%	8.9%
Public transit	4.9%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crystal Lawns	Elwood
1-unit, detached	100.0%	62.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	17.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Crystal Lawns	Elwood
Poverty rate	5.8%	6.2%
Average household size	2.73	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1964	1991