Crystal vs McBride

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

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

Crystal has the higher population (966 vs 222 in McBride). McBride has the higher median household income ($57,750 vs $50,278 in Crystal). Crystal has the higher median home value ($192,500 vs $90,000 in McBride).

Population, income & housing

	Crystal	McBride
Population	966	222
Median age	55.6 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$50,278	$57,750
Median home value	$192,500	$90,000
Median gross rent	$542	—
Housing units	781	97
Homeownership rate	88.5%	90.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crystal	McBride
Population	892 → 966 (+8.3%)	220 → 222 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$36,528 → $50,278 (+37.6%)	$27,083 → $57,750 (+113.2%)
Median home value	$156,500 → $192,500 (+23.0%)	$71,700 → $90,000 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $542 (-8.0%)	$769 → $700 (-9.0%)

Crystal

Population

892966

Median household income

$36,528$50,278

Median home value

$156,500$192,500

Median gross rent

$589$542

McBride

Population

220222

Median household income

$27,083$57,750

Median home value

$71,700$90,000

Median gross rent

$769$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crystal	McBride
Under 5	2.6%	7.2%
5 to 17	11.1%	7.7%
18 to 24	4.2%	11.7%
25 to 34	3.7%	12.6%
35 to 44	7.2%	6.3%
45 to 54	17.0%	24.8%
55 to 64	20.7%	19.8%
65 to 74	19.3%	4.1%
75 and over	14.2%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crystal	McBride
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	96.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crystal	McBride
No high school diploma	2.4%	4.3%
High school graduate	32.7%	64.4%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	19.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crystal	McBride
Drove alone	84.1%	94.2%
Carpooled	2.2%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crystal	McBride
1-unit, detached	89.6%	95.9%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Crystal	McBride
Poverty rate	11.1%	9.9%
Average household size	2.01	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	38	23
Median year structure built	1966	1938