Crystal vs Pierson

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

Crystal and Pierson 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 139 in Pierson). Crystal has the higher median household income ($50,278 vs $41,250 in Pierson). Crystal has the higher median home value ($192,500 vs $92,500 in Pierson).

Population, income & housing

	Crystal	Pierson
Population	966	139
Median age	55.6 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$50,278	$41,250
Median home value	$192,500	$92,500
Median gross rent	$542	$825
Housing units	781	55
Homeownership rate	88.5%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	3.4%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crystal	Pierson
Population	892 → 966 (+8.3%)	173 → 139 (-19.7%)
Median household income	$36,528 → $50,278 (+37.6%)	$37,750 → $41,250 (+9.3%)
Median home value	$156,500 → $192,500 (+23.0%)	$65,800 → $92,500 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $542 (-8.0%)	$760 → $825 (+8.6%)

Crystal

Population

892966

Median household income

$36,528$50,278

Median home value

$156,500$192,500

Median gross rent

$589$542

Pierson

Population

173139

Median household income

$37,750$41,250

Median home value

$65,800$92,500

Median gross rent

$760$825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crystal	Pierson
Under 5	2.6%	1.4%
5 to 17	11.1%	19.4%
18 to 24	4.2%	16.5%
25 to 34	3.7%	13.7%
35 to 44	7.2%	14.4%
45 to 54	17.0%	5.8%
55 to 64	20.7%	10.1%
65 to 74	19.3%	12.2%
75 and over	14.2%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crystal	Pierson
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	97.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crystal	Pierson
No high school diploma	2.4%	20.7%
High school graduate	32.7%	48.3%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	3.4%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crystal	Pierson
Drove alone	84.1%	80.6%
Carpooled	2.2%	14.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crystal	Pierson
1-unit, detached	89.6%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	10.9%

Poverty & households

	Crystal	Pierson
Poverty rate	11.1%	29.4%
Average household size	2.01	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	38	32
Median year structure built	1966	1946