Crystal vs Howard City

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

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

Howard City has the higher population (1,683 vs 966 in Crystal). Howard City has the higher median household income ($52,663 vs $50,278 in Crystal). Crystal has the higher median home value ($192,500 vs $143,800 in Howard City).

Population, income & housing

	Crystal	Howard City
Population	966	1,683
Median age	55.6 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$50,278	$52,663
Median home value	$192,500	$143,800
Median gross rent	$542	$708
Housing units	781	754
Homeownership rate	88.5%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crystal	Howard City
Population	892 → 966 (+8.3%)	1,589 → 1,683 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$36,528 → $50,278 (+37.6%)	$41,346 → $52,663 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$156,500 → $192,500 (+23.0%)	$81,000 → $143,800 (+77.5%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $542 (-8.0%)	$669 → $708 (+5.8%)

Crystal

Population

892966

Median household income

$36,528$50,278

Median home value

$156,500$192,500

Median gross rent

$589$542

Howard City

Population

1,5891,683

Median household income

$41,346$52,663

Median home value

$81,000$143,800

Median gross rent

$669$708

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crystal	Howard City
Under 5	2.6%	8.4%
5 to 17	11.1%	16.2%
18 to 24	4.2%	6.4%
25 to 34	3.7%	23.5%
35 to 44	7.2%	9.7%
45 to 54	17.0%	10.8%
55 to 64	20.7%	13.0%
65 to 74	19.3%	7.5%
75 and over	14.2%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crystal	Howard City
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	90.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crystal	Howard City
No high school diploma	2.4%	11.8%
High school graduate	32.7%	48.8%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crystal	Howard City
Drove alone	84.1%	78.4%
Carpooled	2.2%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	10.3%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crystal	Howard City
1-unit, detached	89.6%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	22.4%

Poverty & households

	Crystal	Howard City
Poverty rate	11.1%	19.9%
Average household size	2.01	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	38	30
Median year structure built	1966	1985