Crystal Lake vs Kanawha

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

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

Kanawha has the higher population (805 vs 229 in Crystal Lake). Crystal Lake has the higher median household income ($82,500 vs $66,481 in Kanawha). Crystal Lake has the higher median home value ($86,000 vs $79,900 in Kanawha).

Population, income & housing

	Crystal Lake	Kanawha
Population	229	805
Median age	36.2 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$82,500	$66,481
Median home value	$86,000	$79,900
Median gross rent	$830	$525
Housing units	113	427
Homeownership rate	87.0%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	26.9%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crystal Lake	Kanawha
Population	230 → 229 (-0.4%)	845 → 805 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $82,500 (+100.0%)	$43,906 → $66,481 (+51.4%)
Median home value	$50,800 → $86,000 (+69.3%)	$51,600 → $79,900 (+54.8%)
Median gross rent	$660 → $830 (+25.8%)	$569 → $525 (-7.7%)

Crystal Lake

Population

230229

Median household income

$41,250$82,500

Median home value

$50,800$86,000

Median gross rent

$660$830

Kanawha

Population

845805

Median household income

$43,906$66,481

Median home value

$51,600$79,900

Median gross rent

$569$525

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crystal Lake	Kanawha
Under 5	11.8%	2.7%
5 to 17	13.1%	19.3%
18 to 24	3.5%	18.5%
25 to 34	20.1%	12.0%
35 to 44	8.7%	14.7%
45 to 54	12.7%	6.7%
55 to 64	7.9%	8.7%
65 to 74	8.7%	7.7%
75 and over	13.5%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crystal Lake	Kanawha
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	88.3%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crystal Lake	Kanawha
No high school diploma	7.3%	5.4%
High school graduate	60.4%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crystal Lake	Kanawha
Drove alone	75.7%	80.5%
Carpooled	18.3%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	6.1%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crystal Lake	Kanawha
1-unit, detached	91.2%	91.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Crystal Lake	Kanawha
Poverty rate	10.9%	7.3%
Average household size	2.12	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	32	21
Median year structure built	1948	1953