Carson City vs Crystal

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

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

Carson City has the higher population (1,161 vs 966 in Crystal). Crystal has the higher median household income ($50,278 vs $42,750 in Carson City). Crystal has the higher median home value ($192,500 vs $109,200 in Carson City).

Population, income & housing

	Carson City	Crystal
Population	1,161	966
Median age	49.2 yrs	55.6 yrs
Median household income	$42,750	$50,278
Median home value	$109,200	$192,500
Median gross rent	$673	$542
Housing units	566	781
Homeownership rate	54.6%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carson City	Crystal
Population	993 → 1,161 (+16.9%)	892 → 966 (+8.3%)
Median household income	$41,184 → $42,750 (+3.8%)	$36,528 → $50,278 (+37.6%)
Median home value	$84,600 → $109,200 (+29.1%)	$156,500 → $192,500 (+23.0%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $673 (+7.7%)	$589 → $542 (-8.0%)

Carson City

Population

9931,161

Median household income

$41,184$42,750

Median home value

$84,600$109,200

Median gross rent

$625$673

Crystal

Population

892966

Median household income

$36,528$50,278

Median home value

$156,500$192,500

Median gross rent

$589$542

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carson City	Crystal
Under 5	1.7%	2.6%
5 to 17	17.5%	11.1%
18 to 24	3.8%	4.2%
25 to 34	14.2%	3.7%
35 to 44	8.4%	7.2%
45 to 54	18.1%	17.0%
55 to 64	8.8%	20.7%
65 to 74	13.6%	19.3%
75 and over	13.9%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carson City	Crystal
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	97.8%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carson City	Crystal
No high school diploma	6.2%	2.4%
High school graduate	32.4%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	48.4%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carson City	Crystal
Drove alone	80.0%	84.1%
Carpooled	11.7%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	10.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carson City	Crystal
1-unit, detached	76.0%	89.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	12.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	2.0%
20 or more units	5.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Carson City	Crystal
Poverty rate	14.2%	11.1%
Average household size	2.05	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	21	38
Median year structure built	1952	1966