Crystal Mountain vs Nessen City

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

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

Crystal Mountain has the higher population (120 vs 115 in Nessen City). Crystal Mountain has the higher median home value ($487,500 vs $122,500 in Nessen City). Since 2019, Crystal Mountain's population has grown faster (+150.0% vs +11.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Crystal Mountain	Nessen City
Population	120	115
Median age	56.0 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$59,375
Median home value	$487,500	$122,500
Housing units	366	57
Homeownership rate	100.0%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.7%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crystal Mountain	Nessen City
Population	48 → 120 (+150.0%)	103 → 115 (+11.7%)
Median household income	—	$26,154 → $59,375 (+127.0%)
Median home value	$420,000 → $487,500 (+16.1%)	$114,300 → $122,500 (+7.2%)

Crystal Mountain

Population

48120

Median home value

$420,000$487,500

Nessen City

Population

103115

Median household income

$26,154$59,375

Median home value

$114,300$122,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crystal Mountain	Nessen City
Under 5	0.0%	11.3%
5 to 17	17.5%	9.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.6%
25 to 34	10.8%	13.0%
35 to 44	6.7%	3.5%
45 to 54	13.3%	13.0%
55 to 64	11.7%	23.5%
65 to 74	35.8%	4.3%
75 and over	4.2%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crystal Mountain	Nessen City
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	91.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	5.8%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crystal Mountain	Nessen City
No high school diploma	0.0%	8.8%
High school graduate	5.1%	46.3%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	53.5%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	18.2%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crystal Mountain	Nessen City
Drove alone	82.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	5.3%	0.0%
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	Nessen City
1-unit, detached	66.1%	61.4%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	38.6%

Poverty & households

	Crystal Mountain	Nessen City
Poverty rate	2.5%	13.0%
Average household size	2.22	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1995	1980