Crystal Falls vs Gaastra

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

Crystal Falls and Gaastra 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 324 in Gaastra). Crystal Falls has the higher median household income ($59,712 vs $57,500 in Gaastra). Crystal Falls has the higher median home value ($79,900 vs $61,000 in Gaastra).

Population, income & housing

	Crystal Falls	Gaastra
Population	1,734	324
Median age	44.1 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$59,712	$57,500
Median home value	$79,900	$61,000
Median gross rent	$740	—
Housing units	892	160
Homeownership rate	81.7%	96.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crystal Falls	Gaastra
Population	1,716 → 1,734 (+1.0%)	323 → 324 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$45,486 → $59,712 (+31.3%)	$39,583 → $57,500 (+45.3%)
Median home value	$63,000 → $79,900 (+26.8%)	$49,000 → $61,000 (+24.5%)
Median gross rent	$533 → $740 (+38.8%)	$950 → $1,125 (+18.4%)

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

Gaastra

Population

323324

Median household income

$39,583$57,500

Median home value

$49,000$61,000

Median gross rent

$950$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crystal Falls	Gaastra
Under 5	5.7%	12.7%
5 to 17	19.4%	20.1%
18 to 24	5.3%	1.9%
25 to 34	12.3%	9.3%
35 to 44	8.5%	9.6%
45 to 54	13.0%	14.5%
55 to 64	16.6%	17.0%
65 to 74	9.9%	9.6%
75 and over	9.2%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crystal Falls	Gaastra
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	77.2%
Black or African American	1.3%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	9.9%
Asian	0.2%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crystal Falls	Gaastra
No high school diploma	8.3%	2.8%
High school graduate	38.6%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crystal Falls	Gaastra
Drove alone	75.0%	91.3%
Carpooled	11.8%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	4.3%
Other means	2.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crystal Falls	Gaastra
1-unit, detached	89.0%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Crystal Falls	Gaastra
Poverty rate	21.8%	8.2%
Average household size	2.34	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	18	32
Median year structure built	1942	1944