Crystal Lake vs Woden

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

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

Crystal Lake has the higher population (229 vs 184 in Woden). Crystal Lake has the higher median household income ($82,500 vs $52,083 in Woden). Crystal Lake has the higher median home value ($86,000 vs $72,100 in Woden).

Population, income & housing

	Crystal Lake	Woden
Population	229	184
Median age	36.2 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$82,500	$52,083
Median home value	$86,000	$72,100
Median gross rent	$830	—
Housing units	113	113
Homeownership rate	87.0%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crystal Lake	Woden
Population	230 → 229 (-0.4%)	198 → 184 (-7.1%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $82,500 (+100.0%)	$42,083 → $52,083 (+23.8%)
Median home value	$50,800 → $86,000 (+69.3%)	$47,100 → $72,100 (+53.1%)
Median gross rent	$660 → $830 (+25.8%)	—

Crystal Lake

Population

230229

Median household income

$41,250$82,500

Median home value

$50,800$86,000

Median gross rent

$660$830

Woden

Population

198184

Median household income

$42,083$52,083

Median home value

$47,100$72,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crystal Lake	Woden
Under 5	11.8%	6.0%
5 to 17	13.1%	22.3%
18 to 24	3.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	20.1%	10.3%
35 to 44	8.7%	13.0%
45 to 54	12.7%	19.0%
55 to 64	7.9%	10.9%
65 to 74	8.7%	8.2%
75 and over	13.5%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crystal Lake	Woden
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	85.3%
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%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crystal Lake	Woden
No high school diploma	7.3%	7.6%
High school graduate	60.4%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crystal Lake	Woden
Drove alone	75.7%	83.5%
Carpooled	18.3%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crystal Lake	Woden
1-unit, detached	91.2%	98.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Crystal Lake	Woden
Poverty rate	10.9%	20.7%
Average household size	2.12	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	32	31
Median year structure built	1948	1945