Crystal Mountain vs Elberta

A side-by-side comparison of Crystal Mountain and Elberta: population, income, housing, and more.

Crystal Mountain and Elberta are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Elberta has the higher population (181 vs 120 in Crystal Mountain). Crystal Mountain has the higher median home value ($487,500 vs $272,400 in Elberta). Since 2019, Crystal Mountain's population has grown faster (+150.0% vs +9.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Crystal Mountain	Elberta
Population	120	181
Median age	56.0 yrs	51.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$125,938
Median home value	$487,500	$272,400
Housing units	366	175
Homeownership rate	100.0%	96.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.7%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crystal Mountain	Elberta
Population	48 → 120 (+150.0%)	165 → 181 (+9.7%)
Median household income	—	$52,917 → $125,938 (+138.0%)
Median home value	$420,000 → $487,500 (+16.1%)	$116,500 → $272,400 (+133.8%)

Crystal Mountain

Population

48120

Median home value

$420,000$487,500

Elberta

Population

165181

Median household income

$52,917$125,938

Median home value

$116,500$272,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crystal Mountain	Elberta
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.5%	4.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.2%
25 to 34	10.8%	35.9%
35 to 44	6.7%	2.8%
45 to 54	13.3%	9.4%
55 to 64	11.7%	3.9%
65 to 74	35.8%	21.5%
75 and over	4.2%	19.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crystal Mountain	Elberta
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	75.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	23.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crystal Mountain	Elberta
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.2%
High school graduate	5.1%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree	53.5%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	18.2%	20.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crystal Mountain	Elberta
Drove alone	82.5%	84.5%
Carpooled	5.3%	15.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	0.0%
Other means	5.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crystal Mountain	Elberta
1-unit, detached	66.1%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.2%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Crystal Mountain	Elberta
Poverty rate	2.5%	1.1%
Average household size	2.22	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	30	11
Median year structure built	1995	1942