Amasa vs Crystal Falls

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

Amasa 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 262 in Amasa). Crystal Falls has the higher median household income ($59,712 vs $35,536 in Amasa). Crystal Falls has the higher median home value ($79,900 vs $56,900 in Amasa).

Population, income & housing

	Amasa	Crystal Falls
Population	262	1,734
Median age	67.0 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$35,536	$59,712
Median home value	$56,900	$79,900
Median gross rent	$333	$740
Housing units	201	892
Homeownership rate	92.4%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amasa	Crystal Falls
Population	200 → 262 (+31.0%)	1,716 → 1,734 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$25,795 → $35,536 (+37.8%)	$45,486 → $59,712 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$56,600 → $56,900 (+0.5%)	$63,000 → $79,900 (+26.8%)
Median gross rent	$425 → $333 (-21.6%)	$533 → $740 (+38.8%)

Amasa

Population

200262

Median household income

$25,795$35,536

Median home value

$56,600$56,900

Median gross rent

$425$333

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)

	Amasa	Crystal Falls
Under 5	3.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	9.9%	19.4%
18 to 24	3.4%	5.3%
25 to 34	4.6%	12.3%
35 to 44	2.7%	8.5%
45 to 54	11.8%	13.0%
55 to 64	12.6%	16.6%
65 to 74	36.3%	9.9%
75 and over	15.6%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amasa	Crystal Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	1.5%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amasa	Crystal Falls
No high school diploma	5.0%	8.3%
High school graduate	56.6%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amasa	Crystal Falls
Drove alone	36.6%	75.0%
Carpooled	1.8%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	33.9%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.7%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amasa	Crystal Falls
1-unit, detached	86.1%	89.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Amasa	Crystal Falls
Poverty rate	19.6%	21.8%
Average household size	1.67	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	18	18
Median year structure built	1938	1942