Alpha vs Crystal Falls

A side-by-side comparison of Alpha and Crystal Falls: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Crystal Falls has the higher population (1,734 vs 222 in Alpha). Crystal Falls has the higher median household income ($59,712 vs $38,879 in Alpha). Crystal Falls has the higher median home value ($79,900 vs $33,300 in Alpha).

Population, income & housing

	Alpha	Crystal Falls
Population	222	1,734
Median age	58.4 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$38,879	$59,712
Median home value	$33,300	$79,900
Median gross rent	$633	$740
Housing units	153	892
Homeownership rate	86.9%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alpha	Crystal Falls
Population	175 → 222 (+26.9%)	1,716 → 1,734 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$30,521 → $38,879 (+27.4%)	$45,486 → $59,712 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$40,500 → $33,300 (-17.8%)	$63,000 → $79,900 (+26.8%)
Median gross rent	$517 → $633 (+22.4%)	$533 → $740 (+38.8%)

Alpha

Population

175222

Median household income

$30,521$38,879

Median home value

$40,500$33,300

Median gross rent

$517$633

Crystal Falls

Population

1,7161,734

Median household income

$45,486$59,712

Median home value

$63,000$79,900

Median gross rent

$533$740

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alpha	Crystal Falls
Under 5	1.4%	5.7%
5 to 17	4.1%	19.4%
18 to 24	14.9%	5.3%
25 to 34	6.3%	12.3%
35 to 44	13.5%	8.5%
45 to 54	7.7%	13.0%
55 to 64	19.4%	16.6%
65 to 74	24.3%	9.9%
75 and over	8.6%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alpha	Crystal Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.2%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alpha	Crystal Falls
No high school diploma	10.7%	8.3%
High school graduate	59.9%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alpha	Crystal Falls
Drove alone	79.6%	75.0%
Carpooled	12.0%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alpha	Crystal Falls
1-unit, detached	85.0%	89.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alpha	Crystal Falls
Poverty rate	20.3%	21.8%
Average household size	1.82	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	18	18
Median year structure built	1944	1942